Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Democracy In A Time Of Madness
Sep 07, 2021
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Recently I came across a quote on a poster: “It is always the minorities that hold the key to progress.” A catchy sentiment but not always true. Minorities that behave like thugs and bullies don’t get a pat on the back. The Taliban is one example. People who object to taki
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How Did Right Go So Wrong?
Sep 02, 2021
Last Tuesday, I poked a stick at a gnarly question: why have women submitted to patriarchy over the centuries? I wondered if, being child-bearers, they benefited from the system. Papers on the subject no doubt exist. Even so, as a layman, I did a little “googling” on my own and ca
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The Feminine Mystique
Aug 31, 2021
During the most recent surge of Covid-19, I lost track of a friend. She didn’t answer messages left on her cell phone, landline, or email. Naturally, I was relieved to get a message last week. She said her doctor had hit a nerve during a medical procedure and it had caused her
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Afghanistan–What Matters
Aug 26, 2021
“We make lists because we don’t want to die.” So says, Umberto Eco, medievalist, philosopher, and author of Foucault’s Pendulum. With lists, we attempt to manage time, knowing time is a nonrenewable resource. A list fixes a task to memory and gives us the psychological satis
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The Taliban Are Everywhere
Aug 24, 2021
A new flashpoint in race relations is critical race theory. The intent is to review American history through the lens of slavery. This new approach has its supporters and critics. Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste is an eyeopener for those interested in the subject and offers insigh
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Swimming In The Sargasso Sea
Aug 19, 2021
Before the pandemic struck, a gentleman at my retirement center and I had talked about the progress each of us was making on our memoirs. Listening to his story, I knew his adventures needed to be shared. So, before parting from him, I wished him well. Then, the lockdown came, and I
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Life In A Panpsychic World
Aug 17, 2021
A woman at my retirement center has published a poetry collection. In her interview about the book, she refers to an essay by Mark Flannagan, a writer for Kirkus Review, in which he tries to define poetry. After a few attempts, he settles for one word: imagination. Well, yes, I say
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Analog And Proud Of It
Aug 12, 2021
I walked into the phone store to pay my annual fee and waited for the sneer. Mine is a flip-top, 3g, 11-year-old cell phone that gets no respect. This time, the clerk told me the situation was code blue. “You need a new phone. We’re going to 5g. This one won’t work much
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Rethinking The Filibuster
Aug 10, 2021
One evening this week, I listened to an expert’s advice on how to change the minds of unvaccinated people. He was selling an old technique called Active Listening. In this case, an individual repeats an antivaxer’s objections, so the person will be satisfied those objections have
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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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