Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
It’s A Whole New World
Jul 28, 2014
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I doubt many would be surprised to learn that the processes of investigation and revelation occur in different parts of the brain. Investigation involves a system of methodical trial and error while revelation is an “ah ha” moment that comes at the speed of light, as if a switch
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Need For A National Conversation About Money
Jul 25, 2014
Unlike the past when technology eliminated some jobs but created others, the trend in innovation today is toward job elimination. (“In the Future, Will There be Any Work Left for People to do?” by Geoff Colvin, Fortune, June 16, 2014, pgs. 193-200.) According to writer Geoff Col
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Need For A National Conversation About Money
Jul 25, 2014
Unlike the past when technology eliminated some jobs but created others, the trend today is toward job elimination, according to writer Geoff Colvin. (“In the Future, Will There be Any Work Left for People to do?” by Geoff Colvin, Fortune, June 16, 2014, pgs. 193-200.) The chang
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T’is A Puzzlement
Jul 24, 2014
In a recent Vatican sermon, Pope Francis chastised childless couples for pursuing personal happiness and showering affection on their pets. (“Pope Francis: Criticizing childless couples,” The Week, June 20, 2014, pg. 17.) I had to smile because his remarks seemed to imply that
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Being Literal About Literally
Jul 23, 2014
Unfortunately for language purists the “grammatically challenged” continue to contaminate the way we write and speak and have done so since the first, primitive grunt. I confess I am one of the challenged. Recently, I submitted a manuscript for technical review and it was retu
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How To Conquer The World
Jul 22, 2014
The luxury fashion industry has been slow to warm up to the idea of selling their creations on the internet. They fear that making their designs available with a click of a mouse will detract from the snob appeal of exclusivity. And heaven forbid that designer labels should be fou
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A Nation Of Immigrants And Revolutionists
Jul 21, 2014
Now that we’re over the shock of Eric Cantor losing his House seat, we’re awakening to the realization that immigration reform, which he supported, won’t happen anytime soon. Money will continue to be wasted building a wall along our southern border. Rather than argue agains
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A Walk On The Wry Side
Jul 18, 2014
Most people were surprised by the political defeat of Eric Cantor in the Virginia Republican primary recently. Political pundits the previous night had yawned as they predicted the outcome: a cakewalk for Cantor. That’s the problem with pundits. They have no special wisdom.
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Cash-Rich Splits: A Frontier Where No Turbo Tax Can Go
Jul 17, 2014
Every year I pay to have someone prepare my taxes. I don’t use TurboTax because a friend’s experience left him tied in knots and feeling as if he’d been forced to waltz with an octopus. That’s why I’d rather pay to have my taxes done than wander alone through the bramb
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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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