Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
A Little Lunch Time Mathematics
Jun 13, 2012
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I had lunch with a friend yesterday and during the course of our conversation, he observed that, “The earth has seven billion people on it and in 10 years the projection is for nine billion.” He is a man who works with numbers, so he uttered his observation with awe. As for me, th
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A Little Bit Of Good And Evil
Jun 12, 2012
“…atheists are among the most disliked groups in the U.S.” according to Robert Putnam and David Campbell who compiled their studies into a new book,“American Grace. Polls show that the general attitude among churchgoers is that atheists commit most crimes. The general opinion
Continue Reading →Before There Were Computers, There Were Librarians
Jun 11, 2012
I mentioned a book on Friday in my blog that was published in 1872 by Samuel Butler. The novel was one a philosophy teacher often referred to during my undergraduate days. For some reason, I never forgot the weird plot about treating the sick as criminals. Friday, I wanted to referen
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A Calvinist Point of View
Jun 08, 2012
One of my favorite short stories is Edgar Allen Poe’s,“Masque of the Red Death.” The plot centers around a medieval prince and his courtiers who retreat to a walled castle, hoping to protect themselves from a plague that is raging across the land. “Magic Mountain” andCamu
Continue Reading →I said I’d stop bragging but
Jun 08, 2012
Gothic Spring just received a wonderful review from another important book critic. http://www.rebeccasreads.com/Reviews/ReviewMillerGothicSpring.html Sorry, just to good and important to be modest about
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A Reason To Hope
Jun 07, 2012
Louis H. Lapham published an article in “Harper’s” recently that cut through the current campaign rhetoric and brought a little common sense to all us hand-wringers. If we listen to political candidates or to the media, America is on its last legs. Our democracy is mortally wo
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Any Stranger Will Help
Jun 05, 2012
Not long ago, I read one of those lost dog stories that ends happily. As a plot, the narrative wasn’t remarkable except that it was true. What gave the account its cachet was that it happened in New York, a city famous as the home of the lonely crowd. I don’t agree with that lab
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Cabbages That Wanna Be Roses
Jun 04, 2012
Technology seems to be advancing ahead of the words necessary to describe the resulting changes. One area has kept pace, however: the publishing industry. Laser printing has made publishing highly affordable. Self-publishing houses are thriving and thousands of books are being writte
Continue Reading →A cabbage rose
Jun 03, 2012
Tomorrow’s blog separates the cons from the art. Writer’s check in.
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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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