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Breaking Up Isn’t Hard To Do

Apr 02, 2019
by Caroline Miller
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Recently, I received an email from the person who designed my web page.  “Caroline, is it possible for me to receive your blogs two or three times a week instead of one every day?”

Can she?  I don’t know.  She created the site.  Never mind, I understood what she wanted.  “Could I unsubscribe to your blogs without annoying you?”

Of course she could.   I have no idea who unsubscribes unless a person asks me to do it for him or her, instead of hitting the “unsubscribe” button to the right on the page.  Frankly, I find emails that ask, “will you please unsubscribe me,” cheeky  because I’ve paid good money to make breaking up easy.  I’m not the kind of person who invites a guest into my home and locks the door.

Subscribing is harder.  Not only does a person have to hit the subscriber button, but that person must reply when a second message arrives to ask if the request was serious.  After a few days, if there’s no answer, the address gets deleted.   I’m a little snobbish that way. 

In any case, if anyone thinks receiving these daily emails is a hardship, I understand.  Go with my blessing.  To be honest, I write primarily for  myself.  A writer needs to practice every day, just as a pianists needs to sit before a Steinway and run the scales.  500 words of crafted writing on a regular basis is what I do for myself.  Anyone who chooses to read along is welcome –cherished even.  Good company is a luxury, however, not a necessity. If public approval were the goal, I’d have given up long ago.  On Facebook, I’ve seen more “likes” awarded to the photo of a hamburger than to my blogs. 

But be warned.  If you do drop into my web on any day, I intend for you to break away with a smile or a thought, at least.  That’s my gift to the hardy.

 

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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 four novels

  • Ballet Noir
  • Trompe l’Oeil
  • Gothic Spring
  • Heart Land

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