Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
At the Heart of Lonesome Dove
Jul 13, 2012
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Larry McMurtry and I shall never meet, yet I’m certain we’re kindred spirits. I picked up the second of his three-book memoir at the Dollar Store the other day. I’d never read any of his work, though I knew he’d won the Pulitzer Prize for Lonesome Dove and that he wrote the sc
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A Hoax Proves to be True
Jul 12, 2012
In 1957 Vance Packard wrote a best seller called The Hidden Persuaders. It recounted claims by market researcher James M. Vicary who insisted that consumer choices could be influenced through subliminal messaging. Words or images flashed on a theater screen, he said, would result in h
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What’s In A Dream?
Jul 11, 2012
I decided to shake up my world a little by letting one of my women’s magazine subscriptions lapse. I wanted to subscribe to something different. Instead of More I signed up for Scientific American Mind. I haven’t regretted my decision. The information the May/June edition was inte
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There is No Such Thing as a Virtual Friend
Jul 10, 2012
I thought I knew what I was doing when I began a new career in my 70’s. I am retired. My income meets my needs. What better time to explore new terrains? Though I felt confident about this new direction, as I reflect back, I realize I was, and probably still am, something of a child
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The Feminist Heart
Jul 09, 2012
An essay titled “The Headscarf as a Feminist Statement,” caught my eye the other day. Nadiya Takolia had written a spirited defense of her right to wear the hijab, an Islamic scarf that conceals a woman’s hair yet leaves her face exposed. She calls her decision a radical act bec
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What’s in a Name?
Jul 05, 2012
I walked home in a light drizzle the other day after a delightful coffee with a former student. He’s in his mid-50’s and proud of his first grandchild, a girl name Jefri. He didn’t much care for the name, but, of course, he had no say in the matter. I’ve read a few studi
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Remembering Those Tumultuous Years
Jul 03, 2012
I never expected to be a cover girl. Now I am. A former political colleague, Jewel Lansing, has written a book — Multnomah: The Tumultuous Story of Oregon’s Most Populous County. As a former commissioner, I, along with others, appear on the jacket. Jewel co-authored
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Writing as the Art of Listening
Jul 02, 2012
A friend sent me a blog recently by Dr. Mark Allen Sircus. He was writing on the importance of being a good listener. By that he didn’t mean to sit quietly. Sitting quietly allows the mind to go on speaking to itself. No, he was talking about being open to ideas that are for
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Following the Art of the Poets
Jun 28, 2012
A few weeks ago, I was watching an interview on PBS with Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize for her novel Beloved, a story about a runaway slave, who, after 18 years is still tortured by her past. Morrison’s newest book, Home, was out in May, a tale concerning another tortured
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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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