Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Right To A Room Of One’s Own
May 04, 2018
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Recently, Ben Carson, head of Housing and Urban Development, proposed reducing rent subsidies almost threefold for the poorest of the poor. If his proposal were to pass Congress, it would mean the indigent would have to spend almost 2/3 of their income for housing, leaving 1/3 for
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Donald Trump’s Sleight Of Hand To Pervert American Justice
May 03, 2018
President Donald Trump will probably appoint a Supreme Court Justice during his presidency. That appointment will tilt the current balance between liberal and conservative justices on that bench. His choice will be of great concern and keep journalists up to their elbows in ink fo
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The Infinite Black Holes Of The Mind
May 02, 2018
I bumped into an acquaintance at the grocery store the other day. He said the previous weekend he’d attended a conference for writers. What he learned from one book agent surprised him. According to her, some authors are finding inspiration by using Google’s search engine. T
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A Blogger’s Life
May 01, 2018
I live two lives, one as a writer of books and the other as a blogger. I love both. The memoir I’ve been working on has been intensely satisfying. But to complete the memoir, I’ve obliged my readers to live on blog re-runs. I am thankful for their patience. During the in
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FREE IS A VERY GOOD PRICE
Apr 30, 2018
Happy to say the memoir I’ve been working on is now in the hands of an editor, and I can return to my blog. Thank you all for sticking with the re-runs and for you patience. But before I return to my usual routine of social comment, I want to extend an invitation to all writ
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Gender Language, Locker Room Talk
Apr 27, 2018
Recently, I spiced up a blog (2/2/2017) with a little alphabet profanity: WTF. A couple of readers chuckled and seemed surprised that I either knew or would use the expression. I may have been a school teacher at one time, but life in the Labor movement and in politics gave me a r
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Patriarchal Thinking — It’s All In A Name
Apr 26, 2018
Yesterday’s blog (1/31/17) was about blue-collar workers and the potential for them to find new jobs in computer coding. That’s good news. But the job market has had a number of work opportunities for some time which men have been slow to consider. I’m talking about pink c
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Coal Miner As Techie
Apr 25, 2018
Geometry was my downfall in high school. Languages weren’t much better. I have an aversion to memorizing material. All those theorems and all that vocabulary made my head spin. On the other hand, my brief but spectacular introduction to organic chemistry was a delight.
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Planned Parenthood — The Enemy Within
Apr 24, 2018
What if children in this country were treated as precious commodities, the way the desert treats rain drops? What if each infant were given sufficient nurturing – healthy meals, a safe environment and a decent education? What would our society look like in the future? We’ll
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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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