Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
A Time To Remember
Aug 24, 2016
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Like many people, this election year has left me confused. Strong man Donald Trump changes his mind the way the rest of us change our socks, but he has been consistent in his view that America is weak. (“The Strongman Trump Wanted,” Excerpted from The Washington Post, July 20, 2
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What Men Want And Women Want In Underwear
Aug 23, 2016
For proof positive that men and women don’t think alike, consider the way each buys underwear. A woman would think twice before buying a bra over the internet unless she knows the product. From cup size, to the underwire, to the straps that dig into your flesh, there are too man
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The Good, Bad and The Ugly Of Technology
Aug 22, 2016
Passing from the popular scene without much fanfare is the VCR. Japan’s Funai Electronics has announced it will stop making the machines because it has difficulty finding parts and because sales are on a sharp decline. In its heyday, Funai sold up to 1.5 million units annually.
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Feminism: Back To The Future
Aug 19, 2016
When she accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton admitted she had every intention of playing the woman’s card during the campaign. That’s code for saying women’s interests in health, safety and child development would be front and center i
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Against All Odds
Aug 18, 2016
I received a lovely rejection letter the other day for one of my weird parables. The editor hadn’t a clue about what I was doing but wanted to help, perhaps seeing a glimmer of talent. He made suggestions entirely inappropriate to the genre I was inventing but which, I suspect
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Hillary Clinton Unbound
Aug 17, 2016
The presumption during the Democratic primary had been that Hillary was conservative and Bernie Sanders was pulling her to the left. That’s not the Clinton I know but I understand why others might think it. So far, she’s largely been judged by the men with whom she associates.
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A Leader Without Followers
Aug 16, 2016
After the flap over Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s unflattering remarks about Donald Trump, I thought we had laid to rest the illusion that people, including justices, are impartial. Certainly, Sandra Day O’Conner wasn’t impartial in 2000 when she decried that Al
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Sugar Babies, Sugar Daddies And Liberation
Aug 15, 2016
Foreigners who try to learn our language will tell you the process is confusing because so many words can mean their opposite. To screen is to look closely at an object or it can mean to hide it. Peer suggests equality unless you are referring to nobility which refers to great i
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The Morality Of Hate
Aug 12, 2016
On Facebook the other day, a man confessed he was grappling with his conscience, unable to swallow his principles to vote for Hillary Clinton. As I have a perverse mind, a syllogism popped into my head: Bernie Sanders is a moral man Bernie Sanders supports Hillary Clinton Bernie San
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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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