Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Numbers That Don’t Count
Jun 01, 2015
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A Facebook friend requested that l like her Facebook fan page, the site where she promotes her books. She said she’d nearly reached 7,000 and hoped a few of us would put her over the top. My eyes popped when I saw the number. I have a fan page on Facebook. My likes stand at
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Law And Order
May 29, 2015
In her review of two new books*, Laura Kipnis discusses the distinction between guilt and shame. (“The Deep, Dark, Ugly Thing,” by Laura Kipnis, Harper’s, May 2015, pg. 93) Guilt is an internal standard of personal values. Shame results from a violation of group standards.
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Let The Patriots Act
May 28, 2015
While Edward Snowden continues to live a productive life in Russia, he remains an outlaw in his own country. If he were to return to the United States, he would be prosecuted for revealing government secrets even though a federal court has ruled that the National Security Agency (NS
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On Nature’s Perversity
May 27, 2015
There’s a line in the Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam that, in flowery language says, it would be great if we could remake the world nearer to our heart’s desire. I think it’s a fair objective, particularly as Nature’s design often diverges from my ideal. If I ruled the world,
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New Doesn’t Mean Better
May 26, 2015
Given the complications that arise with electronic software and hardware — its cost, its unpredictable level of service, its arcane instructions, not to mention the cost of maintenance and repair — it’s a wonder that electronics are so popular. Imagine how many vacuum
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A Tale Of Two Women
May 25, 2015
The last time Hillary Clinton ran for president, I worked so many long hours for her, she sent me a signed thank you note. When she lost, I was heartbroken. This upcoming election, I will support her again, but given a choice, I’d prefer to support Elizabeth Warren. I admire t
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Why Do Writers Write?
May 22, 2015
I came across an essay about writers and silence the other day, written by Tillie Olsen in 1965 and reprinted in Harper’s Magazine in May of this year. (“Ways of Being Silent,” by Tillie Olsen, Harper’s Magazine, May 2015, pg. 25) The theme is one I’ve considered of late (
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Thoughts On Cake
May 21, 2015
In a recent celebrity interview, actress Candice Bergen, when asked if she had a motto in life, answered, “Eat dessert first.” (“Proust Questionnaire,” Vanity Fair, May 2015, pg. 174.) I laughed because hers was a philosophy I could espouse. Yes, I know pleasure as an end
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Thoughts On Being Certain
May 19, 2015
Not long ago a blog reader unsubscribed because he was furious that I would write about investing in oil stocks. (Blog 3/30/15) I wrote back saying that I didn’t think a bet on whether or not a company’s fortunes would rise or fall had much affect on the melting of the polar i
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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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