Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Gift That Corrupts
Dec 13, 2013
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We tend to think of cults as religious groups that are out of the mainstream but according to Nathaniel Rich, who de-programs cult victims, that image is far from true. (“The Man Who Saves You From Yourself,” by Nathaniel Rich, Harper’s, November 2013, pgs. 35-44) In his essay,
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Pigs Can’t Fly, But They Can Slide Down A Slippery Slope
Dec 12, 2013
“Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.” The adage is a warning to the greedy, but when I look back on the financial debacle of 2008, I have to say somehow the adage got it wrong. Hogs of the financial system survived while the rest of the litter got killed, meaning you, me and all t
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Private Gardens/Secret Gardens
Dec 11, 2013
I stumbled across another of those “best” lists we see everywhere. This one was in the December issue of Vanity Fair. On this occasion, the list was drafted by museum curators, critics and art professors who were asked “to name the six most important living artists.” (“Paint
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Lost To The World
Dec 10, 2013
I met a friend for coffee at a neighborhood shop last week. We hadn’t gotten together for some time and I’d missed our chats. The minute she walked through the door I could see the malaise that hung about her. Outwardly, she looked well. Her hair was recently trimmed and she was s
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A Medical Justification
Dec 09, 2013
For two years, while in my 40’s, I kept a dream diary. Someone suggested the idea when I’d complained about a recurrent nightmare that haunted me. Having no alternative, I gave the idea a try and discovered the more I welcomed my dreams, the more vivid they became. Some of them fa
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Old Books Should Never Die
Dec 06, 2013
Old soldiers fade away. Dying elephants break from the herd and wander off by themselves. But what becomes of books past their prime? The question came to me this morning as I was donating a few paperbacks to my neighborhood library box. I’d just made my deposit when a voice growled
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Truth, Justice And The American Way
Dec 05, 2013
We Americans like to differentiate our playbook from the one Russia and China uses. Their foreign policy we view as self-serving, while ours is designed to serve as a beacon for human decency across the globe. But, according to the writers Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore, a whistle
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The Eternal Question
Dec 04, 2013
I read another of those endless, nagging magazine reports reminding me that age, food and fitness have a correlation. Eat well, exercise regularly and live longer. Yes, yes, I know. Even the fast food giant McDonald’s gets it, which is why they’re offering healthier menu options.
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Thinking About Life
Dec 03, 2013
A neighbor with a brochure came to my door yesterday. She’s new to the area and we’d said a few words this summer when she and her husband moved into the corner house on my block. When I opened my screen door, she smiled but said little, choosing to press her printed material into
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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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