Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Let Freedom Ring
Sep 05, 2019
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Some have argued the question of abortion rights should be left to the states as the U. S. Constitution contains no language that speaks directly to it. The Constitution does speak to the right an individual has to pursue happiness, however, and fundamental to that right is the free
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Thoughts On David Koch’s Death
Sep 04, 2019
The Brookings Institute, a respected think tank, recently issued a report on the political benefits of Congressional earmarks. Earmarks are footnotes an elected representative once was allowed to insert into the Congressional budget. Usually, the earmark was for a project which favore
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When Virtual And Real Worlds Collide
Sep 03, 2019
My near-death fantasy is to be conscious as I depart not only this earth but also the world-wide-web. To be honest, the web hasn’t been kind to me of late. First, the Russians attacked my blog in 2016. Then Facebook became positively hostile and banned me from its pages for severa
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Have Toothache? Eat A Carrot
Aug 30, 2019
My 82-year-old teeth surprised me a few weeks ago. I woke up with a toothache. Fortunately, the dentist could see me right away. After providing me with a prescription for antibiotics, he set up an appointment with a colleague for my root canal. Naturally, I took the pills but kne
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Don’t Eat The Gingerbread
Aug 29, 2019
Who doesn’t like a good fairytale? Few. I suppose that’s why when Jeff Bezos sent me an email announcing my four novels could be translated into foreign languages for free, a smile crept across my face. Long years have taught me it’s best to keep my hands in my pocket whenev
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Message To The Young From Someone Old
Aug 28, 2019
Being an old person in the tech world that the young have created can be disconcerting, like trying to navigate sand dunes on roller skates. For assistance, I pay one guru to manage my hard drive and storage and two additional gurus to keep me out of bogs in what we lovingly call the
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Price Point
Aug 27, 2019
The new beautician at my mother’s retirement center has raised prices for a simple haircut. A clip that previously cost $17 now costs $20 for a woman and $15.00 for a man. Discrimination of that kind raises my hackles, but, of course, we women aren’t new to it. Some might arg
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My Summer Vacation
Aug 26, 2019
During my blog hiatus, so many news items begged for comment, I kept salivating, like one of Pavlov’s dogs. Sticking to a memoir about my foreign travels in the 1960s took discipline. I’m glad I did. I found I had much to learn. For a start, memoirs are out of fashion. The new g
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A Magnificent Obsession
Aug 23, 2019
You could read the newspaper clipping as a feminist version of Good Will Hunting. After a long day at her job as a Janitor at Trinity College in Ireland, Caitríona Ms. Lally arrived home and, while calming her fretting infant, picked up her phone to hear a stunning announcement.
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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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