Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Labor Pains
Sep 14, 2020
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In the 1970s, I headed a local teachers’ union, an affiliate of the AFL/CIO. As president, I’d familiarized myself with Robert’s Rules of Order, wanting the meetings to go smoothly. One evening, after a Labor Council gathering, a high ranking member of the state body cal
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Being Of Two Minds
Sep 11, 2020
That fiction can serve truth as well as history is my long-held belief, though I base that judgment on intuition rather than science. Understandably, when I came across an article that upheld that belief, I made note of it. The author, Esther Jones of Clark University, cited a 2016 st
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Paranoia Is The New Norm
Sep 09, 2020
Politicians, celebrities, political groups, influence groups, and the media are doing their best to mess with reality, whatever that is. I ask, why bother? Since science began to study the issue of the blue dress that is simultaneously gold, I’m not sure reality is real anymore. I
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Postscript To August 17, 2020
Sep 07, 2020
I’ve decided to take Labor Day off. I never do, but today I need a break. I won’t leave you without news that will make you a smile, though. If you follow this blog with some regularity, you may recall an anecdote I recorded on August 17 of this year. It involved a young ent
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She Promised Us A Rose Garden
Sep 02, 2020
Some people love Danish modern furniture. They swoon “o-o-o” and “ah-ah-ah” over its sleek lines and the absence of ornament. “So uncluttered,” they remark. I reply that a kid’s park slide is uncluttered, but I wouldn’t want it in my living room. Give me couche
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Sep 01, 2020
This post was accidently posted by Caroline’s computer admins in an effort to debug a system problem.
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African Tears
Aug 31, 2020
I’m neither a history scholar nor a psychiatrist, but I’ve always felt discrimination has more to do with being either the top or underdog in society rather than about race or politics or religion. Something in human nature abhors equality. Slavery, the vilest f
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Freedom In A Time Of Restriction
Aug 28, 2020
I’m probably not alone in feeling straight-jacketed by Covid-19. The retirement center I call home has imposed so many restrictions, it feels difficult to breathe. If I want coffee, I must order 15 minutes in advance. If I choose to walk in the garden, that must be prearranged, al
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A Lemur’s Tale
Aug 26, 2020
On the PBS program, Nature, there’s a 5-second introduction that never fails to delight me. A baby Lemur sits pressed against its mother as the pair sit on a tree branch that overlooks an expanse of jungle. Suddenly, the baby decides to explore the far end of the limb but manage
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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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