Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Truth About Lies
Aug 21, 2025
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Some fears are learned, but fear itself is an innate instinct. From birth, an infant with little experience beyond being cuddled fears falling. Fear of the unknown is another common dread. Writer H. P. Lovecraft mastered the art of horror by manipulating that emotion in his readers.
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The Overwhelming Question
Aug 14, 2025
The man buttering his toast across the table from me at the restaurant was ranting about Donald Trump. “Being a jew,” he said, “I’m thinking about obtaining a Danish passport.” I laughed, supposing he was joking, but he wasn’t. His chin jutted in my direction like an axe
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The Sin of Piety
Aug 07, 2025
Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, recently sent this public message to the president: “God spared you in Butler, Pa., to be the most consequential president in a century—maybe ever.” (“They Said What?” Freethought Today, Aug. 2025, pg. 19) Blind faith
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Our Duty To Ourselves
Jul 31, 2025
Christmas Eve in 2024, I was walking home after a delightful brunch with friends. The iron-grey sky promised either rain or snow flurries, so I hunched forward, cutting through the chill air like the boat’s bow, determined to avoid a downturn in the weather. Ahead of me, a man st
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With Malice For Some
Jul 24, 2025
If I were a social scientist studying human behavior, I’d want to understand why wealth tends to bestow status on people. Wealth has its uses, true. But it has limitations, also. Being lost in the desert, would a lump of gold quench my thirst, heal my blistered feet, or provide a
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Truth Or Consequences
Jul 17, 2025
Not long ago, a friend on Facebook posted a false comment. I responded with a Snopes link that refuted the statement. The friend shot back, “I don’t fact-check other people’s comments if I agree with them.” O-k-a-y. Good to know, I thought. That was a MAGA sentiment if ever I
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Not A Time To Sit And Stare
Jul 10, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter observed that “democracy cannot survive too much ignorance.” (FFRF, June/July 2025, pg. 17.) He’s right. Uniformed voters returned a failed former president to the Oval Office in the last election, thinking that change for the sake
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The Cavalry Is Us!
Jul 03, 2025
A drizzle, more like a fog, dampened the pavement where I stood holding my “Stop Trump” sign. Minutes later, the drizzle became a downpour. Fortunately, I was prepared for a change, having buttoned my raincoat to its lapels and covered my sign with heavy plastic. Drivers had
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Never Ask, “What’s In A Word.”
Jun 26, 2025
A young worker came to replace a light plug in my apartment the other day. I’d complained about the switch before, but he’d never found the trouble. This time, it sparked in his hands like a firecracker. “See,” I laughed, amused by his startled expression. “I wasn’t
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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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