Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Goodwill Hunting
Jan 13, 2022
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The woman on Facebook swelled with outrage when I responded to her attack on the Kyle Rittenhus jury after they’d acquitted the young man of murder. My thought was different from hers. I said we needed to trust our institutions even though we sometimes suffer disappointments. A ju
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Damn You, Hamlet!
Jan 11, 2022
As I trawl the internet in search of information for this blog, I recently came across Thomas Friedman’s question in his New York Times column. (11-10-21). If people won’t wear masks during a pandemic, how will they endure the discomforts attendant with fighting climate c
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Secrets Of The Mind
Jan 06, 2022
At the end of each year, my stockbroker calls to talk about my portfolio and give me an assessment of the taxes I will owe. I appreciate his concern, but I’m also aware he’s giving me a mental health check-up: am I lucid enough to make financial decisions? At 85, I sometimes fee
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Cancer in Higher Education
Jan 04, 2022
When my mother moved into assisted living, I became the landlord for her half of the duplex. My first tenant was an art historian with a Ph.D. He’d moved to Oregon after working several years as an adjunct instructor at a midwestern university. Perhaps he hoped to find tenured wor
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The Sin Of Virtue
Dec 28, 2021
Forty-five years had passed before a former student emailed me. His first remark didn’t come as a surprise. I’d heard versions of it before. “I’ve always thought of you as a maiden lady rather than an old maid.” When I made no reply, the man prodded. “A maiden lady is
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Modern Moderna Manners
Dec 21, 2021
Because of the pandemic, for the past two years, like Repunzel, I’ve been confined to my retirement tower with no hope of visitors. My 85th birthday came and went without a friend’s hug which is why I have sympathy for Britain’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Yes, he was caugh
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Abortion: No David Brooks, It’s Not Complex
Dec 16, 2021
David Brooks, commentator for the New York Times says issues surrounding abortion are “hard and complex.” Two chief concerns are: a) He believes a “piece” exists within every human being that gives them dignity—a soul. And b) He has no confidence that he knows w
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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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