Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Politics: a noble life
Dec 26, 2014
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“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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Too Special To Grasp The Ordinary
Dec 19, 2014
Despite the increased number of women on the Supreme Court and one black and one Latin jurist, there is a remarkable sameness in the backgrounds of the members. So writes, Dahlia Lithwick in a recent essay. (“Nine of a Kind,” by Dahlia Ltihwick, New Republic, Nov/Dec 2014, pgs.
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A Fetus Is A Fetus Is A Fetus
Dec 18, 2014
Some people may not know that Margaret Sanger, champion of a woman’s right to choose in the early 20th century, was opposed to abortion. She felt the procedure too much endangered the life of the woman so she promoted contraception instead. (“Women Before Fetuses” by Rebecca T
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The Glass Cliff
Dec 17, 2014
“It’s no surprise some cynical observers have concluded that the glass ceiling has been replaced by a ‘glass cliff.” So writes Alan Murray, managing Editor of Fortune Magazine, as he notes that in the corporate world, women have faced a ”hyper-Darwinian struggle” to reac
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Only Hardware
Dec 16, 2014
I wonder how long I can go on being amazed at the way our wealthiest citizens collect paintings without regard for whether or not the work and its price have any direct relationship. How valuable can a canvass covered with paint be? All things being relative, I admit an object
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The Well-Wrought Urn
Dec 15, 2014
I’ve long been a fan of writer, Edith Wharton, so when I came across a reprint of her essay, first published in March 1938, naturally I stopped to read it. In the course of her remarks, she made a number of observations, some of which were curious. What, for example, did she m
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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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