Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Communion In Women’s Goals
Jan 22, 2018
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Language is a frail bridge upon which to send out our thoughts and feelings over time and space. Where is the congruity between puffs of air and our inner lives? To achieve communion with someone outside ourselves is akin to magic. That bridge becomes frailer when we factor in age
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Sugar And Spice
Jan 19, 2018
As much as I admire Hillary Clinton, as much as I acknowledge she is a role model for upcoming generations of women, as successfully as she’s mastered numerous tasks, from First Lady to United States Senator, to Secretary of State, to becoming a creditable candidate for the nation
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Guildenstern’s Lesson
Jan 18, 2018
The other day I found my quilter friend at the retirement center working on a machine, stitching leafy patterns over her latest creation. Fascinated, I stood breathing over her should until she stopped to ask if I wanted to learn the process. “Yes, please,” I blurted out before
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Michelle Phan Teaches Old Dogs A lesson
Jan 17, 2018
Mystery writer, Susan Stoner and I produce Just Read It, a 10 minute YouTube program reviewing national best sellers. We air them 8 times a year and invite a local writer to join us each time. We’ve been at our project for two years and our audience continues to grow. Naturally,
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What A Piece Of Work Is Man
Jan 16, 2018
One of the challenges of living at my retirement center is keeping up with the reading recommendations of fellow inmates. My list is long and growing. Nonetheless, when I heard about an article on brain tumor surgery, one that obliges a patient to remain awake while the surgeon saws
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Talking To The Animals
Jan 15, 2018
One of my Facebook friends remarked about the number of angry people in his group and wondered if some of them were as angry as they seemed, or if they accentuated their feelings for the sake of having an impact? Facebook scribbles and tweets do invite us to focus on the itch of the m
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Thoughts On Tacks And Mountains
Jan 12, 2018
The other day, I sat in an overstuffed chair in the lobby of the retirement center beside a 92 year-old woman who tends to have her finger on the pulse of the community. Since I’d heard rumblings about recent staff changes, I imagined I might glean more insights. As for the chan
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Cybernetic Future
Jan 11, 2018
Over coffee and conversation at the retirement center, the woman I was sitting with was in the midst of a fascinating story when she stopped and looked blank. She seemed stuck for a word so I offered it. Grateful, she went on with her story, but not before observing, “Around h
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Going Bananas!
Jan 10, 2018
During lunch with a resident at the retirement center, we talked about art and its effect on the aging brain. Both of us thought any form art challenged people’s perceptions and kept that organ active. From there, we took a short hop to various types of writing: fiction, non-fictio
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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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