Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
America Divided
Dec 19, 2018
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The week of George Herbert Bush’s funeral showed us an America divided. Republicans, the party of disgruntled whites, lionized the deceased president in an effort to reclaim the moral high ground. Democrats spent their time pointing to the gaping disparity between the conduct of
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Beware: Art Prints Never Come At Reasonable Prices
Dec 18, 2018
A friend emailed me a question the other day. ” Caroline, can you suggest any artists you think I would enjoy? I’ve cleared a few walls and even though it’s not a financially good time for new, original art, I think prints can sometimes be found at quite reasonable p
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My Blog Picture Is Old, Not Me
Dec 17, 2018
“You look better in person than you do in your blog picture,” said a former high school student of mine from 40 years ago. He was in town for a class reunion and looked me up. His remark I took to be gracious rather than true. The blog picture is me at 72. At 82, I’ve
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The Bible And The Many Words Of God
Dec 13, 2018
Is the Bible the word of God or manmade? A Kenyan minister and I were debating that point on Facebook, recently. During the course of our exchange, I pointed out European missionaries had brought Christianity to Africa. For some reason he refused to accept that reality and t
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Barbara Streisand, Hillary Clinton And Women Young And Old
Dec 12, 2018
Poor Barbara Streisand. While promoting her new music album Wall, she made a boo-boo. She said white women didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential election because they didn’t know their minds and followed the advice of their husbands. The remark caught
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Pop Up Shops, Retail Buzz And Ephemeral Events
Dec 11, 2018
“What’s that?” From the window inside the bus, I pointed to a line of people curling around the street corner of a downtown building. The individual beside me looked up from her reading. “A pop up shop.” As her eyes drifted back to her page, I made a mental note to googl
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Dec 10, 2018
“You made it so easy.” The woman on the other end of the phone laughed. She was referring to an email I’d sent to friends about Barnes And Noble’s holiday 20% discount on my books. I sent the message more for vanity than for sales. I was tickled to see my novel, Hear
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Christmas Shopping Teaches An Expensive Lesson
Dec 07, 2018
Recently, I walked into a local wine establishment to do some Christmas shopping. Every year I give both my stockbroker and his female assistant a fancy bottle of wine. This year, I’d decided on a white bubbly. In the old days, I’d have called it champagne, but that makes Fr
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Donald Trump’s Executive Orders And The Rule Of Law
Dec 06, 2018
Recently, I sat down to lunch at a gathering of former colleagues, all of them eager to discuss the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections. Several expressed hope for the future, but one skeptic reminded us of the numerous executive orders President Donald Trump had signed in the past
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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.
Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015
Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens. She also published the story Gustav Pavel, a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.
Caroline has published five novels
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