Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
America, Of Thee I sing
Nov 13, 2020
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Like many of my friends, the days following the 2020 election left me in a stupor. Biden’s victory was convincing, but not sweeping. It shook my belief that Donald Trump was an aberration, a stumble as the nation struggles to find its way in a world of everchanging technology, thr
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The Fuchsia Age
Nov 11, 2020
Writing about facelifts, which I did recently, I came across one woman who described the nip-and-tuck she’d arranged during the pandemic as similar to a “shopping spree.” The menu of options was so varied, she encouraged one of her daughters to join her to make similar improveme
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The Man In The Fedora
Nov 09, 2020
I was late for my hair appointment when the man approached. An African-American in his mid to late 50s, he wore a brown fedora and a red sweater vest beneath a charcoal jacket and matching pants. Nothing suggested he was down on his luck but his words hinted otherwise. “Mam, I
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Light Reading On Court Stripping
Nov 06, 2020
Donald Trump’s Reign of Error has left some positive residue. It got people to vote in large numbers, and it also got them to consider the meaning of “checks and balances” with reference to the U. S. Constitution. Congress, particularly the Senate, hasn’t provided much of a ci
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Women’s Lives Matter
Nov 04, 2020
The punishment for women who fail to assume a submissive role in society can be rape and death. That has been the mode since Biblical times. In India, recently, a case of rape and death made national headlines. The victim was a 19-year-old girl from the Dalit community. (Untouchab
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Good Luck, America
Nov 02, 2020
Recently, the Washington Post Editorial Board made a final appeal to voters who remained undecided about the November 3, 2020, presidential election. To reelect Donald Trump would continue to erode our democracy in the way he has done during his first four years, they said. “This is
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Not Afraid Of Burning In Hell
Oct 30, 2020
Mubarak Bala, head of the Humanist Society of Nigeria disappeared in late April of this year. He’d written earlier on Facebook that “the Prophet Muhammad was a terrorist.” Now his friends worry he’s been targeted for retribution. Blasphemy in that country is punishable by
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Dressed For Success
Oct 28, 2020
A theory exists in the world of finance that women’s hemlines rise and fall with the stock market. As I wear sweatpants, the theory is of little use when I buy stocks, but journalist Sam Reed has applied a similar line of reasoning to Amy Coney Barrett’s wardrobe during her Sena
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Necessity Goes Zoom
Oct 26, 2020
My mother’s imminent death and the disruption Covid-19 caused me to forget an important anniversary in May of this year. Just Read It, my YouTube review of the New York Times bestsellers in fiction and memoir turned 5. I want to thank the local writers who joined me during this ti
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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 four novels
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