Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Taxes Have Nothing To Do With It
Dec 27, 2017
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I don’t know who decided it was okay to ask old folks, like me, to restructure their wills to make charitable bequests, but I find these appeals offensive. I’ve no wish to be rushed to the grave, not even for a good cause. Nor do I want to feel guilty for popping off later rather
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Dangerous Words
Dec 26, 2017
Two of the most dangerous words in any language are “should” and “ought.” Generally, they are used to create divisions between those who follow the rules and those who don’t. Society needs rules, of course, but few of them need the heft of Biblical standards. Most transgress
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Another Time Out
Dec 22, 2017
I admit it. I can’t talk and chew gum at the same time. Keeping my blog afloat while I finish the third edit of my memoir is beyond me. I have 60 pages to go and at the glacial rate of 3 pages a day, I need to devote another 20 days of uninterrupted time to complete this versi
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2017 — It Hasn’t All Been Bad
Dec 21, 2017
Christmas is almost here, and I’m already looking forward to turning the calendar page on 2017. But it wasn’t all bad. Science had a good year. Gene therapy made inroads in the fight against cancer. Folks allergic to peanuts may soon have a treatment. Even a man, paralyz
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Last Of The Humans — May The Force Be With Us
Dec 20, 2017
Without a doubt, the digital world is taking us where no man or woman has gone before. The universe of the mind is rapidly melding with the natural one, creating infinite possibilities. Having reached the edge of the new frontier, we’re about to face unanticipated challenges, the
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Bonfires Of The Vestal Virgins
Dec 19, 2017
After 35 years on the bench, a federal appeals court judge is facing the sexual harassment charges of four women. Three staffers said he showed them pornographic photos in his office. A fourth complained he suggested she workout naked. (“The U. S. at a glance…” The Week, Dec
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The Help — And How To Comport Yourself Around Them
Dec 18, 2017
I pity the folks who will take care of me when I grow too old to help myself. Like my mother, I don’t accept assistance easily. Already, I’m having a tug of wills with the women who clean my apartment at the retirement center. I can’t stop them from scrubbing my toilet,
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The Court Of Public Opinion
Dec 15, 2017
Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. Fair enough. What surprises me is how many think that opinion supersedes due process, a person’s right to impartial justice. In a recent commentary about Al Franken in The Washington Post, Anna Marie Cox, host of Crooked Media’s,
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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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