Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Going Without Fanfare Into That Good Night
Aug 21, 2017
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When I wrote the latest version of my will, my attorney noted I’d made no provisions for my ashes. Nonplussed, I asked, “Doesn’t the funeral parlor dump them?” As the deceased-to-be, my lawyer’s question struck me as impertinent. I don’t pay taxes once I’m dead. Wh
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Can We Survive A Second Inconvenient Truth?
Aug 18, 2017
The memoir I’m writing touches upon my travels in Africa in the 1960s. In it, I admit never having seen a lion in the wild. I did hear one, once, under unpleasant circumstances. But that story is yet to be written. I can only remark that in the veld, a lion’s roar carries
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Silicon Valley Treads Deep Water Crossing The Pond
Aug 17, 2017
While the U.S. government sits on its hands and does little to regulate tech monopolies, (Blog 8/16/17) Europe takes an aggressive stand. For example, The European Commission has hit Apple with a claim for $13 billion in back taxes; Uber faces criminal charges for unlicensed taxi
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When Bargains Cost Too Much
Aug 16, 2017
As I noted recently, tech monopolies are a growing concern in Europe, though not in the United States. (Blog 8/10/17). American consumers are content because: 1) a variety of merchandise is available with a mouse click; 2) purchases arrive at the speed of light; and 3) those purchases
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Paris, Hogwarts And Magic
Aug 15, 2017
I’m friends with a couple about to set off for Paris for their first visit. How I envy them. My upcoming memoir looks back fondly to my first days in Paris. If there is magic in the world, it exists there. Though the man and wife who are about to fly there are retired, I’
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Rutherford Classics: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!
Aug 11, 2017
In the writers’ pecking order, the author with a publisher stands taller than the one who is self-published. Having a publisher implies someone other than the writer believes in the work enough to commit hard cash to producing it. Nonetheless, after working with 4 publishers, I’
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Giants Of The Earth
Aug 10, 2017
On several occasions, I’ve blogged about technological advances in robotics and how androids could disrupt our society. What I hadn’t considered was the way large tech companies could become a threat in themselves. I’m talking about monopolies. Not the traditional kind, like
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What’s In A Word?
Aug 08, 2017
I’ve never been comfortable with the designation, “Hispanic.” I see myself as being of Latin origin, a descendent of those who spoke a romance language — in my case, Spanish rather than French or Italian. I have no knowledge of any language known as “Hispanic.” H
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Uber With A Lyft
Aug 04, 2017
My visit with my former student from South Africa was memorable but all too brief. We had a wonderful time exploring Portland and, as the saying goes, “by my student I was taught.” Kitty is a travel agent in Cape Town, used to finding her way in foreign places. So, when I prop
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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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