Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Right To Read – A Freedom Neglected or taken for Granted
Dec 29, 2016
If I were allowed to interview the President-elect, I wouldn’t ask Donald Trump about his ties with Russia, or his misogynist views of women or whether or not actor Tom Arnold’s claim that the man is a racist is true. (Click) I’d ask him what he was reading. Apparently, he
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The Firehose Isn’t Just For Putting Out Fires
Dec 26, 2016
A firehose isn’t the province of firefighters anymore. A firehose is the gush of information people provide via the internet, particularly on social media like Twitter and Facebook. Twitter makes a bonanza by selling access to its firehose to interested companies. Recent repor
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Draining The Swamp
Dec 20, 2016
Recently, I described how the National Rifle Association (NRA) influences gun control laws by funneling campaign contributions to friendly legislators. (Blog 12/13/2016) Naturally, when our president-elect made a campaign promise to “drain the swamp,” I hoped he meant he’d dis
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Going Wild With A Kernel
Dec 19, 2016
One of the advantages of being a troglodyte is a person has fewer worries than those who keep up with trends. For example, traveling by horse and buggy, like the Amish, means the price of gasoline is unimportant. I gain a similar advantage with my flip top cell phone. This dinos
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Peter Pan Alive And Well In Oklahoma
Dec 16, 2016
Regarding the 2016 presidential election, writer Clara Jeffery sums the results best: …a small electoral majority chose a candidate who openly embraced bigotry, who slurred war heroes and mocked the disabled, who bragged of sexual assault, who said he’d ro
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No Place In Hell
Dec 14, 2016
At 16, I knew everything. Had I been truly wise, I’d have dropped out of school and kept my good opinion of myself. As it stands, the older I get, the less I know. Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair, seems to share my state of bewilderment. (“From 9/11 to 11/9” by Gra
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ATF — Anything But A Farewell To Arms
Dec 13, 2016
I’ve admitted I grew up in a National Rifle Association (NRA) household. I’ve admitted I owned a gun for years, a Remington 22 which I used to bring home my share of competition medals. The NRA teaches gun safety and provides a multitude of services to its members, but like th
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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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