Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Weird Made Sherlock A Great Detective
Jun 27, 2019
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WEIRD is how someone might describe Sherlock Holmes. The term is psychological parlance to describe people who think logically when problem-solving. (“The Science of How We Vote” Scientific American Mind, May/June 2016, pg. 8.) 15% of the world’s cultures think WEIRDly, mo
Continue Reading →Rose Colored Nostrils
Jun 26, 2019
Not long ago, I sat down to dinner at the retirement center with a woman I’d never met. We got along well but before the cheesecake arrived, she was in tears, telling me her version of the “perfume wars.” She loved perfume, she confessed, and as she spends much of her life
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The Buried Giant
Jun 25, 2019
Kazuo Ishiguro’s, The Buried Giant (Random House, 2015) is a tale signifying something, but the critics aren’t sure what. Jon Ronson of the New York Times (Click) calls it a fantasy or a story akin to allegory. Tim Holland of The Guardian attempts to cover all the basis, lin
Continue Reading →Guilty Pleasures
Jun 24, 2019
When my dad wanted to break the tedium of life, he’d get in his truck and drive off to the nearest sporting goods store. Two or three hours later he’d be back home with a new fishing rod or reel that put a smile on his face. I suspect many men have worn a similar smile, ha
Continue Reading →Clothes Maketh The Woman
Jun 21, 2019
There must have been a time when I cared about my wardrobe, but that was too long ago to remember. In college, I wore levis and sweaters. Later, as I travelled the globe, my wardrobe remained the same. Being elected to public office required some refinements. I bought pantyhos
Continue Reading →A Tale Of Two Novels
Jun 20, 2019
One of my great bafflements about books is why some capture the public’s imagination and others languish in Amazon’s cellars. Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, The Colorless Tsukuru and His Years of Pilgrimage sold over a million copies the first week it was in print. I’m a
Continue Reading →Two Orders Of Darkness
Jun 19, 2019
A friend called me on a Sunday, responding to a birthday message I’d sent. As friends do, we caught up on each other’s lives and then made suggestions about books to read and movies to see. I recommend the films, August: Osage County and Blue Jasmine, both of which are films with
Continue Reading →Winnie The Pooh And the Ugly American
Jun 18, 2019
WINNIE THE POOH AND THE UGLY AMERICAN Toys and fantasies about toys are the mainstream of children’s literature. “Winnie the Pooh” who loves honey and “Paddington Bear” who loves marmalade sandwiches are the huggable creatures of our youth. “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” or
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A Jog Down Memory Lane
Jun 17, 2019
Writing a memoir is different from writing fiction. That may be obvious at first blush. Memoir deals with facts. Fiction has no obligation to the truth. Both tell a story, however. A memoir is about a real person. Fiction presents an avatar to stand for some aspect of the hu
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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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