Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
French Forbidden Fruit
Nov 13, 2017
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On July 3 of this year, I wrote a blog referencing Two Lipsticks and a Lover by Frith Boswell, a book which details how French women differ from their American counterparts. Yesterday, while I was browsing among titles at the Dollar Store, I came across another book on the subject: Wh
Continue Reading →Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Nov 10, 2017
The time has come to begin the third rewrite of my memoir. The manuscript has laid fallow for a month, so I will look at it with fresh eyes, correcting imperfections and doing my best to serve my readers. When it reaches print, it will be the best effort I can make at this stage of my
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Facebook, Russia And My Teddy Bear
Nov 08, 2017
My father taught me the difference between truth and a lie when I was five. The story begins with a teddy bear, a tiny, plastic ornament that hung at the end of my toothbrush. I loved to watch it in the bathroom mirror, bouncing up and down as I cleaned my teeth. One day, the tedd
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Aziz Ansari’s World Goes Dark
Nov 03, 2017
I recently read about an actor, Aziz Ansari, who has unplugged from the internet and rejoices in the freedom it’s given him, not only in time, but in his choice of activities. “I’m reading like three books right now.” (“People,” The Week, Sept. 2017, pg. 10.) Of course
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Waiting To Exhale
Nov 02, 2017
Like sand in an hourglass, Donald Trump continues to turn the world upside down in the hope of returning the country to the past. In the footsteps of former president, Ronald Regan, he uses his proposed budget to starve from existence the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and
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Cataract Surgery — A Note Of Enouragement This Halloween
Oct 31, 2017
The morning after my second cataract surgery, I stood on the street in front of my retirement center, waiting for a ride to see my eye doctor. Soon a group of residents shot through the entrance on their way to an exercise class. Seeing the pirate’s patch over my right eye,
Continue Reading →Oregon Leads The Way
Oct 30, 2017
I’ve lived long enough to recall when public service was an honorable occupation. Over the years, that view among many has changed. Today, when politicians make headlines, they are being unmasked as liars, cheats and hypocrites. Seldom do we see them praised for the good they do
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A Method To The Madness Of Local Government
Oct 27, 2017
To the average person, the workings of government can appear mysterious and bizarre. That strangeness may be why taxpayers can grow suspicious of their elected officials. For example, when a county sells land to an individual for $1, some might wonder. Is something going on under th
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Ship Of Fool
Oct 25, 2017
Donald Trump has written another executive order that will come to nothing. That order instructs the IRS “…to exercise maximum enforcement discretion to alleviate the burden of the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits religious leaders from speaking about politics and candidates fro
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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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