Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
While Ukraine Burns…
Jun 14, 2022
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To read the news is to wonder if the world has gone mad. Autocracy is on the rise, while democracies seem to be stumbling. To be honest, some democracies no longer look like democracies. India and Turkey come to mind. Russia holds elections, but no one would describe Vladimir Putin
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The Handmaiden’s Tale
Jun 09, 2022
One of the low points in women’s history may be the discussion among Church leaders in 585 on whether women had souls. I’ve referenced this story more than once and as early as 2014. Further research reveals details are cloudy about where that discussion took place but it ended
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The Times They Are A-Changin’
Jun 07, 2022
She wasn’t a Congressional candidate from my district. She was a progressive Democrat challenging an incumbent Joe Biden supported. The incumbent was a moderate. He had a political war chest. She didn’t. His ads bombard the airwaves. Some were self-congratulatory messages.
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Michelle Obama Got It Right
Jun 02, 2022
My hairdresser had moved away, a small tragedy compared to what’s going on in the world. Even so, most women know what it’s like to lose a beautician who understands their hair. Recently, I found a new salon and a new hairdresser. She gave me a great cut and shaved $5.00 off my us
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Was There Ever A Third Wave?
May 31, 2022
Some people say feminism’s Fourth Wave began in 2012. I see little evidence of it. Frankly, I’m dubious that the Third Wave of the 1970s ever existed. That was the era when women talked of being more inclusive than was possible in the First and Second Wave. It’s a laud
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The Lincoln Highway
May 26, 2022
A discussion of The Lincoln Highway, a novel by Amor Towles, will air this fall on Just Read It. It’s part of the 10th anniversary of the book talk show. Two local writers will be with me to celebrate and review the novel. Earlier, they joined me for a discussion of Towles’, A G
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Gone Fishing Again
May 24, 2022
Write Away, this blog, turns 12 today! I want to thank my readers, many of whom have been with me almost that long, for traveling with me. The road hasn’t been dull and I’ve loved your company. But today, I’m taking time off to celebrate our achievement. I̵
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Primer On How To Lose A Democracy
May 19, 2022
Mary Trump, Donald Trump’s niece and his ardent critic, lashed out at actress Susan Sarandon the other day. Sarandon, who is a left-wing activist, had remarked that Democrats were a “do-nothing” party and that voting for them was pointless. Mary Trump replied that the differen
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The Killing of Roe v. Wade
May 17, 2022
…the dogma lives loudly within you, and that is a concern. These were Senator Diane Feinstein’s words to Amy Coney Barret in 2017 when the latter was a candidate for a position on the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The reference was to Barret’s Catholic faith and her
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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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