Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth
Jul 10, 2018
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Because we have access to more information than at any time in human history, it’s easy to uncover facts which align with our perceptions. Once we do, we cling to them with the tenacity of a dying woman to her rosary. Facts that don’t align, we view with suspicion. That’s wh
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Is There A Doctor In The House? Nope.
Jul 09, 2018
I live in an urban area. My doctor is so close, if I touch the end of my nose, my elbow brushes against her office. To be precise, she’s a block and a half away. My dentist is 6 blocks away. Three 3 hospitals are within spitting distance of my residence. When it comes to m
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Immigrant Children And Women
Jul 06, 2018
In her essay, “Musical Chairs,” Rebecca Solnit parses the numerous splits in American politics. I particularly like her description of the Republican party. She charges it “preaches the gospel of austerity while running up deficits,” and extols individual rights, “except
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The New Underground — Self-Induced Abortion
Jul 05, 2018
While women have been helping other women have abortions for centuries, self-induced abortions have an equally long history. (“The New Abortion Underground,” by Nina Liss-Schultz, Mother Jones, March/April, 2018, pg. 49). Generally, the procedures were safe. Nonetheless, in th
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To Catch A Mole
Jul 02, 2018
During the 2016 election, I reported my blog had come under Russian attack. My friends laughed. My gurus didn’t. Lately, the blog has experienced another invasion, the source of which is unknown. Three hundred people have subscribed to my blog in the last month alone. They
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Daimonds Are A Gir’s Best Friend? Think Again
Jun 26, 2018
Some friends invited me to see the movie Ocean’s 8. The actresses are great, but I could care less about females stepping into men’s worn-out roles. Liberated women can do better. The last Ocean’s movie I saw starred the Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawf
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Thoughts On The New Alphabet Soup Of Sex
Jun 20, 2018
LGBTQ? Ask the web questions about most subjects and it will provide a clue. (Click) I thought I was up on my alphabet until I came across the term pangender. (Click) Scratching my head, I paused to wonder what some cake baker in Colorado would make of that. (Click) More imp
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The Working Class — A Different Breed And Growing
Jun 19, 2018
One of two women who clean my apartment at the retirement center stopped me in the hall to apologize for failing to wipe the upper corners of my living room windows. I’m not surprised at her failure. She stands about 4’ 10. Her partner, near the same height, couldn’t help
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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 five novels
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