Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
If You Think Cookies Are For Eating, You Are Old, Very Old
May 31, 2017
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If you’re under the age of 90, you’re probably old enough to know about computers, at least well enough to send an email. Those over 90 tend to mistrust electronics and prefer the elegance of a handwritten note. One elderly woman at our retirement center likes to sit
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The Divided Countries Of The United States Of America
May 30, 2017
One of the difficulties for Constitutional literalists, those who seek to interpret our laws according to the intentions of our founding fathers, is that the country these men created no long exists. As Gareth Sitaraman writes in “Divided We Fall,” those leaders lived in
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Indivdiaul Freedom Ends At The Corporate Workplace
May 26, 2017
In 1972, Phyllis Schlafly, (Click) opponent of the ERA amendment said, “the women’s libbers don’t understand that most women want to be a wife, mother and homemaker – and are happy in that role.” (“Real Housewives,” by Sarah Jones, New Republic, May 2017, pg. 58.) I
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Some Romance Isn’t What It’s Cracked Up To Be
May 25, 2017
Because the news is filled to overflowing with the surprising machinations of President, Donald Trump, we might forgive the media for failing to fully expose the seditious acts originally purported to be the work of his disgruntled supporters, the Shadow Brokers*. (Click) (“Seri
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The Sixth Estate Controls The Future. Who Controls The Sixth Estate?
May 24, 2017
As recently as May 15, I questioned where the young techies, building their virtual worlds, are taking us. Certainly, they live a schizophrenic existence. On the one hand, they purport to be bringing people together and creating a democratic agora for ideas. On the other hand, t
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Wi-Fi, Routers and Gizmos, Oh My!
May 22, 2017
I know so little about today’s blog topic, I should blush with shame. I’m so ignorant about technology, I’m not certain where my Wi-Fi lives. Remember me? I’m the woman who secretly believes the algorithms installed on my computer do more harm than good. (Blog, 5/17/2017)
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Salad Dressing Is The Price Of Freedom
May 18, 2017
How petty can I get? Very! Right now I’m in a pique because the manager of the food service where I live has added another restriction. I can have a salad, but I must ask for the dressing. The manager explains he hides it to save counter space, an excuse that might convince
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To Break Or Brake With My Algorithm?
May 17, 2017
My blog platform comes with an “editor” that is unreliable. If I were to write, “I brake for animals,” fifty percent of the time it would suggest “break” with the word underlined in red. That substitution would have earned a student an F in my English class. The progra
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19th Century Brain In A 21st Century World
May 16, 2017
The circle of coffee gals at the retirement center (Blog 5/3/2017) had already arrived for their morning break when I entered their magic circle, sputtering a few words about the appalling leadership in the country. A 94 year-old women wheeled up with her walker to join us. Barb
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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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