Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Wisdom From A Shopping Cart
Mar 18, 2021
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The young woman was standing on the curb a short distance from the grocery store, her shopping cart overflowing with purchases. She was muttering to the air in angry tones, so I intended to skirt around her, presuming she was one of the mentally ill who inhabits our streets. Something
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Chasing The Fifth Dimension
Mar 16, 2021
Here’s the overwhelming question. How can a combination of amino acids write a symphony or join the Republican party or commit stock fraud or feel patriotism for a section of the earth which is, itself, no more than a combination of amino acids? (“Science reveals the code of t
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A Few Kind Words For Kenyans
Mar 11, 2021
The African man in his late fifties bowed his head and cupped his hands to form a bowl at waist height, seeming eager to accept the coin I was offering. Newly arrived in Southern Rhodesia, (Zimbabwe) in the 1960s, I was exhausted and wanted to thank him for helping with my luggage
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Old Junk Repackaged
Mar 09, 2021
The contest was in high gear, so she was casting her net for votes to be crowned a top book reviewer. I’d recently joined the writer’s group and after reading a few of the woman’s blogs, I decided to help. Hitting the “like” button, I also added words of encouragement. She
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The Future In A Time When Cookies Don’t Crumble
Mar 04, 2021
A man in his 50s admitted on Facebook he was depressed about the changes he saw barreling down on society like a runaway train. He doubted the alterations were for the better. As he is a liberal thinker, I supposed he was suffering from Trump fatigue and wondering, as I do, when our
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Perchance To Dream 8
Mar 02, 2021
A large book agency has asked to see the first 50 pages of my memoir, “Getting Lost to Find Home.” I’m not turning cartwheels. Most agents ask for sample pages as part of the query. This one required a query before deciding to see more. Call it a baby step forward. A req
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The Waiting Game
Feb 25, 2021
In my late 20’s, after returning to the west coast from Africa, I sought a temporary job before entering graduate school. The employment office sent me to apply for clerical work with a large advertising firm in Los Angeles. I was excited. Advertising had always interested me. For
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The Truth About Femurs
Feb 23, 2021
Recently, a friend sent me a quote ascribed to the American anthropologist, Margaret Mead. It was her answer to a question that asked what constituted the first signs of civilization in a culture. She said it would be a broken thighbone that had healed properly. In the wild, the dis
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Knitting Society Together
Feb 18, 2021
“My bathrooms are for customers only.” The white proprietress of a knitting shop stood with her arms folded as she blocked an African-American woman from entering. The intended customer felt humiliated but didn’t explain she’d been through a rough patch and wanted to take up
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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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