Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
When Harmony Brings No Accord
Jan 05, 2015
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Recently, a reader shared an article with me by Gail Collins from the New York Times. (Click) Collins was ranting about the plight of working women who are pregnant. In one case, a female employee working at Wal-Mart’s was fired for carrying a bottle of water on the job in an ef
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Pennies On The Dollar
Jan 02, 2015
With the holiday season come and gone, it’s nice to know the period was marked by a little peace on earth. Hachette, 4th largest publishing house in the United States, and Amazon settled their long standing dispute over the selling price for eBooks. (Blog 9/25/14) The question i
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Anatomy Of A Play — X
Dec 31, 2014
During the interval between casting “Woman on the Scarlet Beast” and rehearsals, I moved to a retirement center. Much of the time, I spent unpacking boxes and attempting to restore normalcy to a life I had deliberately uprooted. Among my goals was to revive friendships that had
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The Knowledge
Dec 29, 2014
Recently, I arranged for a taxi to take me to an evening event. Having called early in the morning, I didn’t anticipate any problems, but when the time set for my pick up passed and no cab was in sight, I dialed the company’s number to see what had gone wrong. The reply I rece
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Politics: a noble life
Dec 26, 2014
“Fastidious distaste for the roughness and meanness of political life may work in a seminar room, but it’s fatal on the campaign trail.” So writes Michael Ignatieff who teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School and had a brief career as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. (
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A Twist On My Father’s Motto
Dec 24, 2014
With the holidays at hand, I always ponder on ways to say “thank you” to people who have made my life easier throughout the year. Before I moved into a retirement center, the letter carrier always received a card with a cash remuneration, despite the objections of the Post Offic
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Charter Schools, A Boom Or A Bust?
Dec 22, 2014
One of my readers sent me a blog written by Charlotte Iserbyt, who served in the U. S. Department of Education during the Reagan Administration. Her remarks offered strong words about Charter Schools and H-1B visas which allow these schools to hire teachers from abroad while qualifi
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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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