Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
It’s Snowing In Gilead
Feb 16, 2021
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During the second impeachment hearing for Donald Trump, a woman with a sense of irony shared this line from George Orwell’s novel, 1984 on her Facebook page. The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. The quote garn
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The ForgottenWorker
Feb 11, 2021
In Costa Rica, or Panama or Honduras, wherever they’d migrated, when the piggy bank was empty, my maternal grandmother worked shifts in a local brothel to put food on the table. She wasn’t a regular sex worker but rented rooms by the hour. If she couldn’t afford the fee, she
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Little Ironies
Feb 09, 2021
“I don’t care if you are a Christian… you don’t get to dictate the way I live my life based on your religion.” The rant about abortion rights appeared on my Facebook page and as an atheist, I was sympathetic. Because Christianity is the dominant religion in this country, s
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Feb 04, 2021
She heard the roar of angry voices in the corridor and ran to hide in the bathroom. “Where is she? Where is she?’ The masculine voice in the outer room was insistent. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez flattened herself against the wall as the door behind which she was hiding opened
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Chaos Of The Manchurian Candidate
Feb 02, 2021
The thief was furious when he found a 4-year-old child strapped into the back seat of the car he’d stolen. His response was to slam on the brakes and reverse direction. Finding the mother newly emerged from the grocery store with a gallon of milk, he scolded her for leaving her
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Let There Be Blood
Jan 28, 2021
His public defender said my testimony had saved his client from the death penalty. I’d worked with the prisoner in an ex-offenders program while I was in public life. His first incarceration was for theft. When he came to the program, I found him personable and recommended tha
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The Uncivil War
Jan 26, 2021
The day after Joe Biden’s inauguration, a friend emailed me a question. “What should I make of this,” she wrote. Her note included the remarks of a woman she’d known most of her life and who, decades earlier, had served as Maid of Honor at her wedding. Having assumed they were
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To Live Well Takes Guts
Jan 21, 2021
A young woman among my Facebook acquaintances wasn’t feeling well but insisted she couldn’t afford to see a doctor. After sharing her symptoms, she asked friends if they had any advice. One replied with a “get better soon.” The others remained silent, so I weighed in with a
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Style As Message
Jan 19, 2021
While insurrectionists were storming the Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021, another skirmish was playing out in publications like Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) and Vogue. The question, if not weighty, was heated. Why was Kamala Harris, our Vice President-elect, wearing snea
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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 four novels
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