Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
A Nation Of Immigrants
Nov 14, 2016
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My mother came to the United States as the wife of a military man. She had to earn her citizenship, however. It wasn’t handed to her. It took a number of years as a resident to earn it and during that time, a divorce and World War 11 intervened. Life as a single mother and
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Predictive Softward
Nov 11, 2016
In an earlier blog (10/27/16), I referred to an article by Clive Thompson about artificial intelligence. He warned we know so little about what’s going on inside those wired machines, we should consider what this lack of transparency means. Are we being foolhardy when we put too
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Change Too Imperceptible To Notice
Nov 10, 2016
Change in technology isn’t surprising. Internet companies must evolve or die. Television is different. Not much change seems to take place there. We can choose a channel or stream a program. We can watch a new series or an old one. These are the menus. Speaking for myself,
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Shopping In The Non-Virtual World
Nov 09, 2016
If I plan to buy a car, I want to drive it first. It’s the same with a new pair of jeans. I want to try them on before I make a purchase. Many consumer have given up this touch-and-feel aspect of merchandising, preferring the convenience of online shopping. To counter this tre
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Kelp Wanted
Nov 08, 2016
I know. This is election day and we’ve got enough to worry about. But, I can’t help myself. You need to know we have a seaweed problem. We’re losing this natural habitat to harvesters who can’t keep up with international demand. You and I may see seaweed as gunk we h
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What’s Not Fair About My Fair Lady
Nov 07, 2016
In My Fair Lady, Professor Higgins laments, “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?” At the moment, there is no answer to that question but scientists are working on it. Besides the obvious gender differences, studies reveal men and women differ at the brain’s cellular le
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Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize
Nov 04, 2016
Some of my short stories look traditional but aren’t. When they veer too far from the recognized format, I suffer multiple rejections and irrelevant advice on how to make the story better. “Agent of God,” is an example. I floated that story around the internet for a coup
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The Unrepentant Critic
Nov 03, 2016
A while ago, a theater critic wrote of a performance he’d endured, “Those of us who have witnessed the play… last night will undoubtedly hold periodic reunions In the noble tradition of survivors of the Titanic.” (“Manners & Misdemeanors,” by Pete Wells, Town&Count
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The Golden Rule
Nov 02, 2016
I was hurt by someone years ago. Who it was or the situation doesn’t matter. Most of us know what it is to be deeply injured by someone. Fortunately, I knew if I didn’t forgive the offender, I would never be whole. I won’t say it was easy. Forgiveness took years.
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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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