Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Once More Through The Looking Glass
Dec 14, 2020
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A friend at the retirement center sat down beside me one afternoon in the temporary lounge that management had arranged, its chairs set 6 feet apart. It’s a place where residents are supposed to carry on conversations while masked. Despite her face covering, I heard a sigh as she
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Outrunning The Giant
Dec 11, 2020
I chose to give up my car a while ago. Losing my transportation, together with the advent of the pandemic, has forced me to experiment with grocery deliveries. I’m a slow learner. Sometimes, one avocado arrives, or two, but never the third that is necessary for my guacamole.
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A Time To Grieve
Dec 09, 2020
I haven’t seen my friend in over two years. The reason has nothing to do with the pandemic. She’s ill and in pain. Accommodating guests isn’t on the agenda. Even the bed is her enemy. She lives and sleeps in a lounge chair. At least, she did until two weeks when she was se
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What A Piece Of Work Is Man!
Dec 07, 2020
A child, noting structural similarities between a human brain cell and the universe, asked a lecturer about the latter: “Where’s the body?” To eliminate the confusion, the speaker explained that as the laws of physics exist everywhere in the universe similarities exist, not to
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When Black Holes Can’t Be Trusted
Dec 04, 2020
Spinning on a blue marble at the edge of our galaxy in infinite space, we humans continue to assume we have control over our lives. Yet, almost every day science makes a discovery that astounds us. Recently, astronomers learned they were wrong in their understanding of black holes
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The Decline Of Bread And Circus
Dec 02, 2020
When Donald Trump leaves office, it will be difficult to envision how the media, cartoonists, and historians will cope. He is one of the most colorful presidents the country has known. Red is the hue that most comes to mind. He has executed more federal prisoners than any other of
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Riding The Wave
Nov 30, 2020
Did I hear the earth shift? Joe Biden intends to appoint Janet Yellen, former Chair of the Federal Reserve, as Treasury Secretary in his cabinet. How sane is that: a person of vast financial experience, untimely beheaded by an insane president, only to be resurrected by a stable one
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Making A Hell Of Heaven On Earth
Nov 27, 2020
The dividing line between church and state required by our Constitution is as fragile as a dry leaf. Republican Senator Marco Rubio, for example, took a righteous tone against Democrats who dared question Amy Coney Barrett’s brand of Catholicism during her confirmation hearings for
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Tis the Season
Nov 25, 2020
Tis the season despite Covid 19. Some traditions endure and so will we. Happy Thanksgiving, America.
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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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