Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Necessity Goes Zoom
Oct 26, 2020
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My mother’s imminent death and the disruption Covid-19 caused me to forget an important anniversary in May of this year. Just Read It, my YouTube review of the New York Times bestsellers in fiction and memoir turned 5. I want to thank the local writers who joined me during this ti
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Oct 23, 2020
The 2020 election is probably one of the most strange in American history. We have a president whom some experts believe is mentally ill and who is so desperate to win reelection, he refuses to disavow support from QAnon, a cult-like group that believes “deep state” officials
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Originalist Sin
Oct 21, 2020
If Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas adheres to his belief in originalism, meaning the U. S. Constitution must be interpreted according to the intentions of the founding fathers, then to be consistent, he should resign from his high office. At the time the document was signed,
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Prisoners Of Ourselves
Oct 19, 2020
When war is declared, people know what to expect: death, destruction, and a society descending into the chaos. Shortages follow–food and medical supplies, clean water, power… Next, come the stories of loved ones lost. The wounds of war never heal but leave a residue of hatre
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RU-486
Oct 16, 2020
While Covid-19 has been kind to no one but big pharma, women are facing serious economic consequences because of it. The fall 2020 edition of Ms magazine (pg. 9) reports, “the number of women in the workforce fell below 50%” for the first time in 40 years. Women who are
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Fashion Statement
Oct 14, 2020
While it’s not cool to judge a woman by her outward appearance, there was a time when a First Lady’s wardrobe could claim as much media attention as a presidential executive order. First Ladies tended to wear outfits by American designers and three of the most recent of them ful
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Show Me The Conspiracy
Oct 12, 2020
People sometimes mistake cunning for intelligence. The attributes aren’t related. Cunning comes from the gut, an animal instinct that assesses danger or opportunity and is necessary for survival. A cat, hiding in the grass, its eyes fixed upon a birdbath is a visual expression o
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A Pandemic Greater Than Covid-19
Oct 09, 2020
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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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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