Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Follow The Money
Aug 03, 2017
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During her recent visit from South Africa, my former student mentioned she had a retirement account but she hadn’t spoken to her broker in three years. I almost fell out of my chair. The woman is nearly 70. Despite her age, having once been my student, I couldn’t remain sile
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“Lord Of The Circus Rings,” by Donald Trump
Aug 02, 2017
If writers have one reason to rejoice in Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US Presidential election, it’s that he’s revived the book publishing business. That’s Alex Sheppard’s opinion. (“It Takes a Pillage,” by Alex Sheppard, New Republic, Aug/
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Sheila Michaels, MS And The Moral Dress Code
Jul 31, 2017
When they return from a vacation, I suspect my readers have an experience similar to mine. I’m surprised the hurley burly of the everyday world has changed not a whit. Old political feuds continue. North Korea has fired another rocket. China remains complacent. Russian hacke
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If One Could Talk With Rudyard Kipling
Jul 28, 2017
IF ONE COULD TALK WITH RUDYARD KIPLING Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” offers advice on character building and how to weather the vagaries of one’s fellowman. Unfortunately, it says nothing about coping with electronic devices, which is natural enough as the man died in 1936.
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If God Exists
Jul 27, 2017
Maybe it’s because I live alone, but I spend a good deal of time arguing with my reading material, especially those essays or books that are nonfiction. My complaints aren’t content to be voiced in my head but are expressed out loud, as if the author were perched in the armchair a
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Penny Pinching Your Retirement Account
Jul 26, 2017
Yesterday, I offered a few savings suggestions to pad your retirement account. (Blog 8/8/2016) Today, I’m going to recount a few ways to protect income after you’ve retired. Elizabeth O’Brien encourages us to plan for the unpredictable by setting aside money for emergencies
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A New Theory Of Time And Brain Relativity
Jul 25, 2017
On a recent Saturday, I escaped from the retirement center with two delightful fellow inmates. I wanted to learn how to ride a bus, something I hadn’t done in years. Fortunately my new friends were game to show me the ropes. One supplied me with a ticket. The other gave me ins
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Laughter Is The Cure
Jul 24, 2017
My material grandmother used to warn her daughter that by laughing so much her teeth might freeze — no easy feat in the tropical country like Costa Rica. Happily the threat didn’t dissuade my mother who loves to laugh to this day. As she’s passed her 100 birthday, it’s
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“Cool it!” Some Very Good Advice
Jul 21, 2017
My mother turned 98 in February. She does pretty well for her age but of late, I’ve noticed changes. She has trouble finding words to express herself and little skills, like knowing how to use a knife and fork, sometimes escapes her. When I intervene by filling in the missing word o
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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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