Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Genesis Forgotten
Jan 03, 2020
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This New Year, the world stage leaves us with so much worry, there’s little incentive to get out of bed each morning. Adding to the malaise is a fresh, looming disaster. Not long ago, I mentioned that good topsoil around the globe is eroding at the rate of 1% a year. Without it, we
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Women Leaders
Jan 02, 2020
Nancy Pelosi’s stunning leadership of Democratic house members during the recent presidential impeachment process will serve as a template for women who seek management positions in the future. What she exhibited during the procedure was experience, direction, and a firm hand. A f
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Going Bananas
Dec 31, 2019
I used to think I was a reasonably informed person, but President Donald Trump has taught me what passes as information can often be fake. Take the banana, for example. In the ‘60s and ’70s, it would never be mistaken for a work of art. But since Trump has been in office, realit
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A Smile Is Ageless
Dec 30, 2019
A few months ago, I changed my Facebook photo. No big deal. The one I’d been using was 10 years old. I read somewhere that a person’s features change significantly every 10 years, so an update seemed timely. A number of people noticed the switch and posted a thumbs-up, responses
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What A Piece Of Work Is Man
Dec 27, 2019
The human race seems to be cursed. So many inventions meant to provide peace and prosperity end up doing the opposite. Cars, trains, trucks, and boats have allowed commerce to flourish, but they also have given us global warming. The internet puts information at our fingertips but pro
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Goodbye To Fake Friends
Dec 26, 2019
My New Years’ resolution for 2020 will be to reduce the number of my Facebook friends. Unlike the woman from Kenya who had 5000, I can’t manage 400. Some friends I doubt are real. They never comment on the news feed. Once a year I send them my annual birthday greeting to whi
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Marie Eau-Claire
Dec 24, 2019
Courtesy of publicdomainpictures.net publicdomainpictures.net This Christmas Eve, I will share my fantasy “Marie Eau-Clair.” The Colored Lens published the piece in 2012. Given its mystical and magical theme, it seems perfect for the holiday season. I republish it here in its
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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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