Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
A Pandemic Greater Than Covid-19
Oct 09, 2020
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I picked myself up off the floor after the first Trump-Biden presidential debate and asked myself what I’d witnessed. A debate, it wasn’t. A debate is an exchange of differing ideas argued between adults. It has rules and procedures which allow each side to make its case. Wh
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Nip And Tuck With The Pandemic
Oct 07, 2020
Yesterday, I had a consultation with an audiologist. I wear hearing aids. At age 84, it’s not surprising. Even so, the man sounded apologetic when he said one day I might need a larger device, one that wasn’t as cosmic as those I now wear. “I know people like to look their b
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Cognitive Security
Oct 05, 2020
Whenever I get into trouble on Word Press, the platform for my blogs, I call my technician and ask him to fix it. If he can’t, he goes to a site where technicians hang out and share information. Usually, someone has a solution. This open-source watering hole has been a staple th
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Insights Of the Willy-Nilly
Oct 02, 2020
Despite the misinformation he’s allowed to spread on Facebook, I admire Mark Zuckerberg’s intention to create a global community that can promote human understanding. To foresee the many ways his dream could be misused would require the powers of Nostradamus, so I don’t hold h
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The Demise Of Advice And Consent?
Sep 30, 2020
The Democrats in Congress are proposing several bills to curb presidential powers and to strengthen the system of checks and balances the Constitution provides. The changes offer increased protection for whistleblowers and agency watchdogs, prohibits a president from receiving payment
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A World Made Of Clay
Sep 28, 2020
What a year 2020 is turning out to be. A pandemic, the upcoming elections, and the untimely death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg are vying for top spots in the headlines. Given the cacophony, it’s little wonder few have noticed another woman has cracked a glass ceili
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175 Years Of Truth
Sep 25, 2020
When did hungry people decide half a loaf wasn’t good enough? I’m speaking metaphorically, of course, referring to the “double haters,” that Donald Trump referred to in 2016. These were disillusioned people who looked for a change and didn’t think it was coming fast enough.
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What We All Need Is A Good Broom
Sep 23, 2020
Call me a masochist, but every morning I open my computer to trawl for news. Reliably, the headlines capture the worst of times: Joe Biden’s campaign files have been hacked; rattlesnakes bite two Yosemite hikers; west coast fires make the air unbreathable… One columnist expresse
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Thoughts On Being Normal
Sep 21, 2020
I’ve long decided Donald Trump’s mental state isn’t good, but I sometimes wonder about my own. Am I normal? Living in a retirement community forces me to raise the question from time to time. So many neighbors are devoted to serving on committees and going to meetings whereas, I
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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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