Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Inflection Point
Jul 13, 2021
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Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel, Klara And The Sun speculates on how a robot might learn to adapt to humans. The question he poses is interesting, but we humans should spend time thinking about how we ought to adapt to them. First, we should consider what we want from robot
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When Titans Speak, Should We Listen?
Jul 08, 2021
Recently, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, called Nancy Pelosi to express his objection to the many tech anti-trust bills making their way through the U. S. House. If he hadn’t been serious when he made his comments, it would have been funny: Apple is concerned the current proposals would ha
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A Universe Without Tears
Jul 06, 2021
A film clip posted on my Facebook page showed a mother beating her two-year-old daughter with a stick. All the while, the child peered into the woman’s face, her round black eyes terrified yet tearless. No screams emitted from her throat. What was the meaning of this terrified, vo
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Long May It Wave
Jul 01, 2021
Commemorating the upcoming July 4th holiday. Let us remember the best in us.
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Jeff Bezos’ Flying Machine
Jun 29, 2021
Technology has given us marvelous opportunities that outstrip the pace of evolution. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up, which means we may fail to see the consequences of a change until it smacks us in the face. Social media is one example. On the plus side, drugs that treat deadly dis
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Paying It Forward
Jun 24, 2021
Last week, I was in the checkout line of a grocery store. In my basket, I had two items, small boxes, which together totaled nearly $70. A young man ahead of me waited for the clerk to tally his bill, but before he handed over his money, he turned in my direction to ask if he coul
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Elegance By Design
Jun 22, 2021
The pages of fashion magazines are bursting with predictions about new trends for the upcoming season. One reason for optimism is that Covid-19 may be losing its grip on the country. The battle isn’t won but incidents of the virus seem to be slowing down. If sustained, that mean
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Still Analog In A Digital Age
Jun 17, 2021
A young woman on my Facebook page sent up a cheer for the Kodak company recently which puzzled me. The latest news on Kodak was that the New York attorney general was filing papers to charge the company with insider trading. As I write this blog, the stock is selling below $9 per
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The Impotence Of Being Earnest
Jun 15, 2021
Lady Bracknell, a character in Oscar Wilde’s comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, is an elderly Victorian aristocrat with her corset pulled so tight it affects her brain. Learning that her daughter’s suitor is an orphan, she responds with disdain rather than sympathy. To l
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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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