Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Cheap Advice That Pays Off
Apr 30, 2015
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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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Big Questions About The Nano World
Apr 23, 2015
Reading the news each morning takes raw courage. “If it bleeds, it leads,” is the media’s mantra. Disaster draws eyeballs and that means an uptick in readership numbers which can attract advertisers. Even though I understand the motive, I wonder if the media ever contemp
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Silent Language
Apr 22, 2015
Recently, an acquaintance approached me for advice on how to proceed with a book he wanted to write. The subject was non-fiction and on a topic I knew little about, but I agreed to meet him for coffee and listen to his ideas. He’d researched his subject and had so many thoughts,
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Those Darned Lost Emails
Apr 21, 2015
Everyone’s attention is locked on to Hillary Clinton’s missing emails. But what about Edward Susterich’s enquiry concerning the emails of Scott Walker, the Governor of Wisconsin? Walker claims God advises him on the major decisions in his life, so Susterich decided to get to
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Another Inconvenient Truth
Apr 20, 2015
In a recent blog, I quoted a Muslim woman who expressed her shock at the immodest use of a woman’s body in western advertising. (Blog 4/9/15) She considered such women as slaves, doing the bidding of corporations. I disagreed and offered a brief rebuttal, but I should have wai
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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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