Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Mind-Boggling
May 11, 2015
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Sometimes I feel guilty for needing so much time alone. Will my acquaintances think I’m standoffish, I wonder. Then I remind myself, they probably don’t think of me at all. Either way, to write, I need solitude. About solitude, Darya Zabelina of Northwestern Univer
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Meditation On A Monastery Garden
May 07, 2015
Barbara Ehrenreich’s recent article about mindfulness gave me a laugh. “…in the Bay Area, I learned that rich locals liked to unwind at Buddhist monasteries in the hills, where, for a few thousand dollars, they could spend a weekend doing manual labor for the monks.” (“Min
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Desperate Measures
May 04, 2015
In a stunning amicus brief before the US Supreme Court, South Carolina’s state attorney general has used the 14th and 10th Amendment of the Constitution to argue that while racial discrimination may be illegal across the land, discrimination against women and gays is not. (Click)
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Watch Out For The Penguin
May 01, 2015
My friend and colleague, Susan Stoner, Sage Adair mystery series writer, sent me an article the other day with an “I told you so,” message. Stoner self publishes her work and uses a distributor to make her series available in bookstore. For some time, she’s encouraged me to
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Cheap Advice That Pays Off
Apr 30, 2015
I’ve never been comfortable with the electronic age — the effect of having been born before television. As a consequence, I spend my days being rattled when my computer screen freezes or I get an “undeliverable” message for an email address I know is correct. Dante had
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When You Sell Your Cell
Apr 29, 2015
The last time I went to my hairdresser, she told me a story with a curious ending. Her cell phone was lost or stolen. She wasn’t sure which, so she did what she had to do to protect her private information then bought a more expensive model. After using it a while, she discove
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More Than Platitudes Required
Apr 28, 2015
There’s a war going in the United States against mothers and children. This remark may pop a few eyes but let’s be honest, the model for the workplace in this country is based on the needs of men, not women who, according to writer Rebecca Traister, represent 47% the workforce
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The Least Of These
Apr 27, 2015
I think it’s broken.” That’s what Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said about the justice system when he testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee recently. (Click) Despite agreement among experts in the scientific community as well as those working in th
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Music — An Inner Truth
Apr 24, 2015
When I was in college, several of my dorm mates played the recorder. I loved the melodious sound of that wind instrument and thought I’d like to learn to play it one day. I never found the time. The nearest I came to a recorder was listening to pan flute music by Gheorghe Zamfir
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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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