Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Ignorance Is Not A State Of Grace
Jan 30, 2020
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There are two occasions when a person ought to reflect upon the words of John F. Kennedy’s: Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. The first is during a time of war when citizens are asked to defend their nation. The second occurs in a perio
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
Jan 29, 2020
Standing in the mail room of the retirement center, I noticed my cubby hole sported no green dot like that of my neighbor’s. Curious, I asked a woman who was passing what the dot meant. She seemed surprised by my question but answered politely. “The green dot indicates the
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Brought To You By Popular Desire
Jan 28, 2020
Gideon Lewis-Kraus writes an intriguing article about why social media appears to have gone tribal, influencing the rest of society. Surprisingly, our perception may not be the case. After all, social networks are designed to give us what we want. Is it possible we want tribalism?
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Getting An Edge On AI
Jan 27, 2020
For the last two weeks, I’ve been grappling with computer problems. Eventually, I had to replace the hard drive, which posed its own difficulties. This week, I’m restoring passwords and codes for my accounts with limited success. For some reason, that little drop box that enable
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Thoughts Of High Crimes, Misdemeanors and A Faux Pas
Jan 24, 2020
Needing a break from all the heated political debate, I kicked off my shoes yesterday and sat down to read the latest edition of Town&Country. I wondered how the beautiful people avoided ill-tempered frown lines? Naturally, I didn’t expect to see Donald Trump among those in
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Keeping Pace With The Future Is Exhausting
Jan 23, 2020
I’ll never quit cable television. It’s not a matter of principal but one of fact. Cable comes with my retirement center contract. I seldom use it. If I’m not watching OPB, a Netflix disc is my second choice for entertainment. So, I wasn’t surprised to read, recently,
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A Bully Pulpit Isn’t Enough
Jan 22, 2020
I’m all for confidence but the just turned 30, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has an assurance that leaves me breathless. Having won a Congressional house seat from New York, she has certainly hit the ground running. But does she know the terrain, I wonder. Certainly, the number of
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Listening To The Muse
Jan 21, 2020
I’m at an age when my young friends begin to worry about me. They note with puzzlement that I decline their invitations to see a play, a movie or go to the symphony. Am I depressed? Am I ill? The answer is “none of the above.” I’m old. I eschew the hurly-burly of street bu
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Perchance To Dream 2
Jan 20, 2020
Rejection is an experience common to most of us. Sometimes the rebuff is personal. Sometimes it isn’t. Either way, we must get past our hurt feelings or be lost in a bog. Here’s an example of how fear of rejection can make a situation worse. For the past several months I’ve be
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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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