Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Hear Me Roar!
May 15, 2013
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I’m one of those fossils who believes “feminist” is a good word. That’s why I couldn’t resist an invitation to attend a “Lean-In Circle,” recently. A group of professional women were meeting to discuss Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In and to talk about her views on why
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The Enemy Is Us
May 14, 2013
The bombings at the Boston Marathon raise a central question. Why, after centuries of fruitless war and genocide, does the human race continue to use violence as a means to settle conflict? Women are less inclined to employ it, but they are by no means immune, (“An Appetite for Aggr
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Frustration by Design
May 13, 2013
Last week, (5/9), I wrote that a squirrel had chewed through a power line outside my home, creating a huge electrical surge. I don’t know what became of the squirrel but it fried much of my electronic equipment. As I complained then, reading the manuals that came with the replacemen
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Did I Read Hank Paulson Right?
May 10, 2013
It had to happen. I forgot my password on a financial account and had to create a new one. The young man who helped me closed off our conversation with the admonition, “Now that you can access your money again, don’t start spending it.” I laughed because at my age I don’t ha
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Through the Looking Glass of Tech Manuals
May 09, 2013
Sometime ago, I ranted about complicated tech manuals that require consumers to have a degree in engineering to use. Of late, I’ve had to read a few more of these publications because squirrels demolished the utility wires that feed electricity into my house and my electronic device
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Nature Seems to Love a Cheater
May 08, 2013
When I was ten, I broke a glass coffee table in the small apartment where my mother and I lived. Horrified, I covered the crack with a book, foolishly hoping it would never be moved and my carelessness would never be revealed. Unfortunately, my mother discovered the damage as soon as
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Sweet Birds of Youth
May 07, 2013
“Most American high schools are almost sadistically unhealthy places to send adolescents,” writes Jennifer Senior for New York magazine (http://nymag.com/news/features/high-school-2013-1/ze. Jan 20, 2013.) One reason, according to sociologist Robert Fari, who is quoted in the arti
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An Old Adage Proves True
May 06, 2013
I met with a group of friends for brunch recently. Several of them are in their sixties and worried about their weight. One friend announced he’d given up sugar to lose pounds, so I directed him to a good book called The Yeast Connection by William G. Crook. Crook talks about sugar
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Permission To Be Miserable Granted
May 03, 2013
A number of people on my Facebook page say they suffer from depressions from time to time. The condition leaves them debilitated but they usually apologize for having shared their pain. When I read these Mea culpas I wish I were close enough to give them a hug. Today, however, I can d
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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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