Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
175 Years Of Truth
Sep 25, 2020
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When did hungry people decide half a loaf wasn’t good enough? I’m speaking metaphorically, of course, referring to the “double haters,” that Donald Trump referred to in 2016. These were disillusioned people who looked for a change and didn’t think it was coming fast enough.
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What We All Need Is A Good Broom
Sep 23, 2020
Call me a masochist, but every morning I open my computer to trawl for news. Reliably, the headlines capture the worst of times: Joe Biden’s campaign files have been hacked; rattlesnakes bite two Yosemite hikers; west coast fires make the air unbreathable… One columnist expresse
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Thoughts On Being Normal
Sep 21, 2020
I’ve long decided Donald Trump’s mental state isn’t good, but I sometimes wonder about my own. Am I normal? Living in a retirement community forces me to raise the question from time to time. So many neighbors are devoted to serving on committees and going to meetings whereas, I
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Covid-19 Takes Responsibility
Sep 18, 2020
Much of the world remains in the thrall of Covid-19. Not only are loved ones dying and large numbers of people unemployed, but depression is on the rise. To glean positive news from this situation requires contortions of the mind comparable to the physical feats of a performer at
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More Craft With Less Art
Sep 16, 2020
The promo for the book read as follows: Might Jesus have been a bisexual female ancient-alien? A must-read…Where the New Testament Enters the Twilight Zone. (Mother Jones, Sept/Oct. 2020, pg. 2.) “Wow,” I thought. This novel has everything an agent wants. It’s “fresh,” y
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Labor Pains
Sep 14, 2020
In the 1970s, I headed a local teachers’ union, an affiliate of the AFL/CIO. As president, I’d familiarized myself with Robert’s Rules of Order, wanting the meetings to go smoothly. One evening, after a Labor Council gathering, a high ranking member of the state body cal
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Being Of Two Minds
Sep 11, 2020
That fiction can serve truth as well as history is my long-held belief, though I base that judgment on intuition rather than science. Understandably, when I came across an article that upheld that belief, I made note of it. The author, Esther Jones of Clark University, cited a 2016 st
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Paranoia Is The New Norm
Sep 09, 2020
Politicians, celebrities, political groups, influence groups, and the media are doing their best to mess with reality, whatever that is. I ask, why bother? Since science began to study the issue of the blue dress that is simultaneously gold, I’m not sure reality is real anymore. I
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Postscript To August 17, 2020
Sep 07, 2020
I’ve decided to take Labor Day off. I never do, but today I need a break. I won’t leave you without news that will make you a smile, though. If you follow this blog with some regularity, you may recall an anecdote I recorded on August 17 of this year. It involved a young ent
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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
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