Charles Sheehan-Miles
Author of The Thompson Sisters and America's Future series
On being young and in love
Posted on April 30, 2012 by Charles Miles
See, there was this girl…. That’s a really bad way to start a blog entry, especially when you’ve been happily married for nearly twenty years. But I’m thinking Veronica will understand (let’s hope!!!) since I’m writing about ancient history. What I’m writing about today is risk, rewards, heartbreak, and being young and in love., Read More
An Interview with Jackie Trippier Holt
Posted on April 28, 2012 by Charles Miles
A couple of months ago I read a fantastically interesting novel called Annie, the Doll, its Thief, And Her Lover by Jackie Trippier Holt. The book follows the return of Kate to the industrial north of England after the death of her father. She’s there to clean out the old house and quickly return to, Read More
Book Review: Septic Zombie by Aquila Robinson
Posted on April 27, 2012 by Charles Miles
I want to tell you about a book I read today which amazed and delighted me. It was brought to my attention by Jeremy Robinson, the insanely prolific author of the Antarktos saga and a whole lot of other books. Septic Zombie, a debut novel by seven year old Aquila Robinson (Jeremy’s daughter). I bought, Read More
Here comes the Bad Boss
Posted on April 26, 2012 by Charles Miles
“Charles, I think you’ve been falsifying your time sheets.” I was speechless. It was 1995, and I was in the early stages of getting the National Gulf War Resource Center started, not long after Veronica and I moved to Washington, DC. I’d taken a job at a plastics trade association I won’t name for, Read More
Teenagers are evil
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Charles Miles
So, it’s my mission in my life to be a good, calm, patient parent. That’s why I found myself the other night literally banging my head into a door, saying something articulate and meaningful to my kids. It sounded something like this, “Argh, Argggghhhh, aaggggghhh, be quiet!!!! Agggg!!!!” Seriously. Teenagers are evil. They’re born, Read More
Revisiting an old topic: what does it feel like to kill
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Charles Miles
So, I’m revisiting this topic. Why? It’s come up in conversation a couple of times recently, first of all. Second, in looking at the statistics on my blog, I realized that over the course of the last several years, this has been the single most viewed blog entry on my site. Daily visits with, Read More
No second chances
Posted on April 24, 2012 by Charles Miles
Sitting on the rooftop of the New Swedish Hostel, a sharp cool breeze cut through my shirt. I hunkered down and shivered. It was still fairly early in the morning, and a few moments before the haunting call of the muezzin had stopped. It was calm—there were no cars within earshot, and the normally, Read More
Holy cow. Wow.
Posted on April 23, 2012 by Charles Miles
You may have already seen this over on Gawker, but if not, check out Carrie Manolakos’s cover of Radiohead’s Creep. She’s a former Broadway singer with a new album out, which I’ll be checking out asap. I’m a sucker for female vocalists with range and power. This one is amazing.
You never know what will happen
Posted on April 21, 2012 by Charles Miles
What is the thing I most love about my job? I never know what is going to happen. What is the thing I hate the most about my job? I never know what is going to happen. Dealing with the unexpected is the bread and butter of life. At its best, it can be, Read More
Building the habit of writing
Posted on April 21, 2012 by Charles Miles
Back in the day, some years ago, I used to routinely write in my blog, as well as essays for various internet websites like AlterNet, Common Dreams, Antiwar.com and others. But long before that … LONG before that … I kept a daily diary. In fact, from the time I was sixteen or so,, Read More
I1ULOST – A license plate for our times
Posted on April 9, 2012 by Charles Miles
A few minutes ago I was driving back from work and pulled up behind a car – I think it was a fairly new Mustang – with a license plate reading “I1ULOST.” I don’t think it’s fair to say that I felt angry. Just that I felt a pulsing twitch in my left eyebrow,, Read More
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