Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Why Donald Trump Loves Depreciation
May 10, 2019
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About the superrich and taxes, Leona Helmsley, deceased New York real estate tycoon, was candid. “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” Donald Trump, our 45th President and a real estate mogul of a later generation, admits the same. What’s more, the newe
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Fanfare For The Straw Man
May 09, 2019
Last week a woman on Facebook was drumming up support for a Oregon petition. The purpose was to prevent the state legislature from raising the gas tax to pay for road improvements. That people complain about potholes but don’t want to pay to fix them, isn’t new to me .
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Tiger Woods: More Than A Golfer
May 08, 2019
Probably, I should be embarrassed to admit I hate sports. Any kind of sports. If it involves competition and movement, I’d rather read a book. When I taught school in Zimbabwe, I feigned enthusiasm for games because one of my duties was to chaperon the girls’ hockey teams to
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To Thine Own Self Be True
May 07, 2019
Last week I laughed when my broker called with a stock suggestion. Believe me, that’s no way to treat a person who has helped me survive my senior years with a modicum of security. I apologized and told him I’d been thinking about selling the stock he’d suggested. The comp
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A Little Necessary Business To Stay Safe
May 06, 2019
Any day is a bad day to encounter a scammer, but something about April and tax time seems to flush them to the surface like worms after a hard spring rain. I was reminded of this when my phone rang yesterday. Because of crank calls, I make it a habit to let my phone ring through
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New Beginning For Just Read It
May 03, 2019
The month of May marks a new beginning for Just Read it and for me. Just Read it is the 10 minute YouTube video program Susan Stoner and I have co-hosted over the last 4 years. During each show, a Portland, Oregon author joined us to discuss a book from the New York Times
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The Overstory Of Trees
May 02, 2019
Shakespeare often threw his characters into the green world of the forest. After stumbling through acres of trees, they eventually discovered their inner selves. Midsummer Night’s Dream is an obvious example, but the king in King Lear, after being pummeled by a storm, also gains
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Justice May Not Be Blind But It Can Be Stupid
May 01, 2019
Does our criminal justice system disadvantage the poor and minorities? Unquestionably, it does and now Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , newly elected to Congress, thinks so, too. Among the latest in her endless barrage of opinions is one that concerns actress Felicity Huffman. The lat
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Avoid The Circular Firing Squad
Apr 30, 2019
Is Medicare for All affordable? I have no idea. Apparently, neither do Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose argument in favor appears to be based on their misreading of a medical study. Nonetheless, the goal is important and Obamacare has been a step in the right dir
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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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