Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Wabi-Sabi Rules
Apr 08, 2021
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The Japanese have a notion in art called wabi-sabi. It espouses the theory that because nature is transient and therefore imperfect, artists should incorporate imperfection in their pieces. Sometimes that flaw may appear as a small asymmetry, a roughness in texture, or austerity i
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Anne Hilleman’s “Stargazer”
Apr 06, 2021
I mentioned on Facebook recently that I’d been privileged to interview best-selling author, Anne Hillerman. The daughter of Tony Hillerman, she picked up writing his popular Southwest Indian mysteries that featured detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. This April, Anne Hillerman
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Perchance To Dream 9
Apr 01, 2021
For a year, I’ve searched for an agent to represent for my memoir, Getting Lost to Find Home. For the past two months, the manuscript has been under review with a London office. A few days ago, I emailed the agent to ask if the submission was still under review. As yet, I’ve r
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History Of Unmasked Neanderthals
Mar 30, 2021
Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States is a mild-mannered man who shares Mr. Rogers’ temperament more than most in politics. But he’s not withheld criticism of those who refuse to wear masks in public places during the pandemic. He accused these offenders of Neandertha
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Elon Musk And The Whales
Mar 25, 2021
A recent article in Business Insider pit the brains of humans against whales and the whales won. That was two hundred years ago when Sperm whales learned to avoid the fishermen’s harpoons by swimming against the wind that powered the schooners. History records that out of 80
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Snow White And The U. S. Congress
Mar 23, 2021
When I entered the second grade, my life fell apart. World War 11 was raging. My mother divorced my father and became a single parent–an immigrant with a modest command of English and no job skills. My father, angry, left us to fend for ourselves and that meant my mother
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Wisdom From A Shopping Cart
Mar 18, 2021
The young woman was standing on the curb a short distance from the grocery store, her shopping cart overflowing with purchases. She was muttering to the air in angry tones, so I intended to skirt around her, presuming she was one of the mentally ill who inhabits our streets. Something
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Chasing The Fifth Dimension
Mar 16, 2021
Here’s the overwhelming question. How can a combination of amino acids write a symphony or join the Republican party or commit stock fraud or feel patriotism for a section of the earth which is, itself, no more than a combination of amino acids? (“Science reveals the code of t
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A Few Kind Words For Kenyans
Mar 11, 2021
The African man in his late fifties bowed his head and cupped his hands to form a bowl at waist height, seeming eager to accept the coin I was offering. Newly arrived in Southern Rhodesia, (Zimbabwe) in the 1960s, I was exhausted and wanted to thank him for helping with my luggage
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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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