Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Secrets Of Saving
Aug 28, 2015
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I’m not bragging but making a point. When I took over my local teachers’ union years ago, the organization was $10,000 in debt and bleeding members. Five years later when I left, the debt was paid and the organization had won a collective bargaining election. Surprised by what I
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A Vote For Decency
Aug 27, 2015
Of late, I’ve been wondering if I’ve gone to sleep and awakened to find myself in another dimension. The thawing of conservative attitudes has overwhelmed my powers of belief. Yet the thawing is real and I see glimpses of a glorious world forming. Iran and the West have agreed to
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Democracy: More Than Spies, Nerds And Soldiers Needed
Aug 26, 2015
“Consuming the world is not the same as understanding it.” So writes Charles King in, “The Decline of International Studies,” (Foreign Affairs, July/August 2015 pg.92.) The United States leads in technology and data mining, which includes NSA and private companies like Datamin
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Managing Contradictions In Higher Education
Aug 25, 2015
The United States is both practical and idealistic writes Siva Vaidhyanathan as he paraphrases the conclusions of Thorstein Veblen, a sociologist and economist who wrote at the turn of the 20th century. Almost from the start, our educational system represented those polarities: Ha
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Nothing New Under The Sun
Aug 24, 2015
The trick to make something old seem new again is to describe it using different words. The world will be mesmerized by the novelty. The ploy worked for Andy Warhol’s soup cans and made him a fortune. To be honest, I don’t believe there’s been a new idea in literature since Thea
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A Seat Beside Johnny Carson
Aug 21, 2015
“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare wrote and with the advent of social media, his words couldn’t be truer. So many comedians exist on the internet that late night television shows have hired as writers some of Twitter’s leading lights. (“Satirized for Your Consumption,
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To Be Or Not To Be?
Aug 20, 2015
What a piece of work is man? Seen from outer space, we homo sapiens, dwelling on the third planet from a middling sun, appear to be unique in that we are conscious. Our imagination is limitless and we use it to alter our environment for the benefit of our species. Over time,
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Another Fact Of Fiction
Aug 19, 2015
I came across statistics published in the July/August 2015 edition of Mother Jones that left me wanting to laugh and cry simultaneously. Certainly, I was reminded of the British comedy, The Mouse That Roared, starring Peter Sellers. Sellers played thae prime minister of the duchy of G
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Tune In Or Drop Out
Aug 18, 2015
I’m surprised at the age difference among readers of this blog. 20% are Millennials and I’m glad they’re with me, but as I often discuss topics about aging, I’m curious to know why they follow me. Millennials are a savvy generation, forward in their thinking and active in sol
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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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