Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
What’s Not Fair About My Fair Lady
Nov 07, 2016
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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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When Wall Street Mirrors Main Street
Oct 31, 2016
Around the world, people seem to be taking up the cry from the film, Network: “ I’m mad as Hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.” Whether it’s Bernie’s Millennials or Trump’s unemployed, Tea Party members, or Black Lives Matter folks, people are rising their voi
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Segregation And Resegregation
Oct 28, 2016
The crime of segregation is that it keeps us from knowing one another. Non-profits, educational institutions, churches, governments and the courts have fought this consequence for years. When white America fled to the suburbs in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, they took their tax dollars wi
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The Conscience Of Machines May Make Robots Of Us All
Oct 27, 2016
While I was working late last night, a message popped up on my computer. In an hour, I would lose control of my machine while Microsoft performed an upgrade. Or, if I chose, I could upgrade immediately. I must have hit the wrong button because the screen went black before starin
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The Civic Crime Of Ordinary People
Oct 26, 2016
While I support Hillary Clinton for president of the United States, it’s a fair question to ask how she and her opponent, having among the lowest approval ratings in history for the office, came to be the sole survivors vying for this high office. What does their ascendancy say ab
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As Art Goes, So Goes The World
Oct 25, 2016
Investing in art in the hope of making a profit is never and idea I’d recommend. Most of us haven’t enough capital to buy works by artists with a large following, which means our purchases are unlikely to grow in value. Worse, tastes can change over time. Finding the next Andy
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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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