Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
A Night To Remember Or One We Will Want to Forget
Oct 24, 2016
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Election night for candidates can be more nerve-wracking than bedtime for a virgin bride. During my last election, the voting machines broke down and the count continued by hand through the night. My celebration party wilted as we waited for unsteady reports from the precincts.
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Something Old And Something New For Justice
Oct 21, 2016
Film and photography have been around for a long while, since the 1800s. Smart phones are a new development but the genius who linked cameras with phones started a social revolution which is going to change the face of justice. Most of us use our phones to send pictures of ourse
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Hillary Clinton — Perhaps The Force Is With Her
Oct 20, 2016
In 1872, Victoria Woodhull, a former prostitute and spiritualist became the first woman to run for President of the United States. Former slave, Frederick Douglas ran as her vice president, though Douglas never campaigned with her. As a woman, she was unable to vote for the high
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Mansplaining Donald Trump
Oct 19, 2016
After the second presidential debate, a male blogger attempted to explain to a male reader why women were upset with Donald Trump, especially his body language as he hovered in the background while Hillary Clinton talked. Trump’s behavior was intimidating, said the blogger, a gest
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A Greek Odyssey That Never Should Have Been Taken
Oct 18, 2016
Much ink has been spilled during this election discussing the state of democracy. Cries for reform punctuate the media, and it’s heartening to know Russia has been listening. Recently, it sponsored a worldwide summit intended to “affirm the right of self-determination.” Am
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The Dark Net: Hacking In All The Wrong Places
Oct 17, 2016
My blog was hacked by the Russians. I know. When I admit the breach, I can hear people thinking, “Who would want to hack her blogs? Who reads them?” Well, I was hacked. But why, I don’t know. As to the number of people who read my blogs, let’s say it’s more than
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The Criminalization Of Poverty — The Homeless
Oct 14, 2016
Not long ago I sat down to lunch with a woman in our community prominent for her advocacy for Hispanic causes — be it for the farm worker or the illegal migrant and everyone in-between. I admire her as a savvy, caring business women. Imagine my surprise , during the co
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Moral Purity And The Road To Hell
Oct 13, 2016
Watching the presidential debates is a bit like experiencing shock and awe. Despite fact checkers, Trump persists in his claim that Hillary Clinton was the first to cast doubts on Barrack Obama’s citizenship. But why blame Trump for the lunacy in the world? He didn’t inven
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Class War — The State Of The Union
Oct 12, 2016
I was thinking about the geological strata the other day and the way each level tells a different story about the earth’s development. What interested me was the thought these strata never mix except at a time of cataclysmic upheaval. In a way, social classes are similar. A
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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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