Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Computer Surveillance — How Safe Do We Want To Be?
Jul 29, 2016
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In the virtual world, humans become real at the touch of a computer keyboard and language is what we use to define ourselves. Governments know this. So do commercial enterprises. They’ve been at work developing tools to determine what our keyboard strokes and our word choice
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A Tax We Can Embrace
Jul 28, 2016
During an election campaign, candidates often talk about freebies, fee health care, fee higher education and the like, but how can we afford it and pay down the national debt, (Blog 6/30/16) a black hole that threatens the solvency of our nation? This season both Democratic candidat
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What’s In A Lie?
Jul 27, 2016
I stopped listening to the political analysis of David Brooks and Mark Shields on the OPB News hour long ago. Their remarks strike me as less insightful than wisdom be gained by staring at ditch water. But I was across the room one evening, cooking dinner, when their commentary ca
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Some Answers Require A Human Touch
Jul 26, 2016
Want help from Amazon with a purchase or a product? Here’s the customer service number: 1-888-280-4331. May it do you some good. Knowing the number did little for me when I called at the behest of two of my book readers. Both had written reviews for my latest novels, Bal
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A Brave New World: Disruption On A Grand Scale
Jul 22, 2016
I have no idea why Aldus Huxley titled his futuristic novel, Brave New World. I feel anything but brave just thinking about tomorrow. Technology keeps tearing ahead of us while our brains scramble to cope. I’ve barely become acquainted with the world of illusion, which includes
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Creatures Of The Wild
Jul 21, 2016
On Facebook recently, I ran across an entry that accused Hillary Clinton of being evil, a crime boss and a killer. As a Hillary supporter, I stopped to ask the writer for corroboration of his charges and reminded him that even in a free society, slander is a crime. Getting f
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Olivia de Havilland: 100th Birthday And A Secret Still Kept
Jul 20, 2016
When I saw the picture flash across the news screen, I presumed it was an obituary. Happily, it was a birthday announcement for Olivia de Havilland — Melanie to those who adore the film, Gone with the Wind. She’d turned 100th on July 1. Naturally, there were pictures of
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Far Too Old To Give Up
Jul 19, 2016
A recent edition of AARP magazine featured three Hollywood stars who are disrupting the perception that as women age, they become invisible. Unlike the Brits who cherish older actresses like Maggie Smith, Judy Dench and Helen Mirron, Americans are slow to embrace the notion of cha
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When Women Collide, Synergism Happens
Jul 18, 2016
I had an enjoyable lunch the other day with Jane Vogel, President of Age & Gender Equity in the Arts, (AGE) an organization dedicated to challenging stereotypes about aging and gender in the arts and theater in particular. The group awarded $30,000 this year to organizations tha
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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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