Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
A New Kind Of Choice
Mar 28, 2018
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Female genital cutting (khatna) is alive and well in the United States, even though it was outlawed in 1996. (“It Happens Here,” by Tasneem Raja, Mother Jones, July, August, 2017 ,pgs. 13-15.) It survives because women, largely of the Muslim Bohras sect, (Click) protect the
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Fools Never Wonder
Mar 27, 2018
At a party years ago in Tanganyika, (Tanzania) a newly elected Nigerian official sat to my left at dinner. During the course of the meal, he leaned in my direction with a furrowed brow. “Tell me, in a democracy, when one party wins an election. why does it tolerate the e
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Do Not Look Back With Disdain
Mar 26, 2018
Understand, there are decades between me and the new arrivals to feminism. I’ve welcomed the Baby Boomers, the Gen Xers and now the Millennials. Each generation interprets the movement according to its values. For a time, there were those who thought being called a “fe
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Hope And Dreams
Mar 23, 2018
Recently, I came across a line in a news report that gave me pause. “Mexican drug cartels earn some $25 billion selling drugs in the U. S.A.” (“The World at a glance…” The Week, May 19, 2017, pg. 8.) Add the profit from the Middle East drug trade and the sum doubles, e
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“Let’s Have Lunch” — The Most Terrifying Words To My Ears
Mar 22, 2018
Let me tell you about my work day. I do so because I wish to make a point. My mornings begin at my computer, preferably before 10 am. I practice this ritual 7 days a week. Monday through Friday, I compose essays that will appear later as one of my blogs. Composing oc
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Wish Upon A Star Because It Ain’t Over Until It’s Over
Mar 21, 2018
“What do you want to do when you grow up?” The question is one we often ask children, but how often do we hear an equally important question asked of those facing retirement? “What do you want to do as you grow old?” The question never occurred to my father a
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Flying Solo And How To Enjoy It
Mar 20, 2018
A former student came to visit me at the retirement center this week. As we sat down over coffee he managed a cheerful, “Wow, for 81, you look great.” I gulped twice. First, I wasn’t 81 and second, I hate that caveat, “for your age.” At almost 81, it
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The Jangmadang Generation
Mar 19, 2018
During the North Korean famine between 1994-1998, the government, unable to feed its people, allowed private markets to spring up so that individuals could buy, sell or barter among themselves for basic goods. This small, capitalistic experiment, called jangmadang, was so
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If I Were Queen
Mar 16, 2018
Chatting over coffee, a friend told a joke that not only made me laugh, but also made me think: “Donald Trump dies and finds God peering down at him from his golden throne. ‘Well Donald,’ God asks in a booming voice. ‘What have you to say for yourself?’&nbs
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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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