Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Against All Odds
Aug 18, 2016
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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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Paying It Forward
Aug 11, 2016
Today I received a call from a college I attended, thanking me for my charitable gift. As I am grateful for the education I received, a gift to the President’s fund seemed a natural way to show my appreciation. I’ve written several blogs about the good, bad and ugly of colleg
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Technology, Thy Name Is Woman
Aug 10, 2016
Last December, Sequoia Capital chairman, Michael Morris told a reporters his tech venture capital firm would “never lower our standards” to hire female partners. (“The Girl with the Gadget Tattoo,” by Erin Griffith, Fortune, June 15, 2016, pg. 68.) Given that women are h
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We Need A New Fanfare For The Common Man
Aug 05, 2016
Francis Fukuyama has drawn an interesting comparison between the once US Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. In his view, both are populists with a broad appeal to low income white males. (“American Political Decay or Renewal?” by Francis Fukuyama, Foreign
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Fasting And Other Foolish Ways To Keep The Brain Productive
Aug 04, 2016
Because fasting seems to improve health in mice and rats, some folks have decided to spend their days in similar fashion, existing on sips of air. Fasting, as writer Jennifer Alsever explains, deprives the body of glucose and forces it to steal ketones from the liver. Ketones are 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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