Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Christmas Shopping Teaches An Expensive Lesson
Dec 07, 2018
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Recently, I walked into a local wine establishment to do some Christmas shopping. Every year I give both my stockbroker and his female assistant a fancy bottle of wine. This year, I’d decided on a white bubbly. In the old days, I’d have called it champagne, but that makes Fr
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Donald Trump’s Executive Orders And The Rule Of Law
Dec 06, 2018
Recently, I sat down to lunch at a gathering of former colleagues, all of them eager to discuss the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections. Several expressed hope for the future, but one skeptic reminded us of the numerous executive orders President Donald Trump had signed in the past
Continue Reading →Vive La Difference? When It Comes to Language, Maybe Not
Dec 05, 2018
Would the French, who are among the first to celebrate the difference between the sexes – “vive la difference” – ever consider a gender neutral language? I wouldn’t bet on it. Everyone knows in France a cat is “le chat,” (male) while a mouse, is “la souis,
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Salad Dressing And Ink
Dec 04, 2018
Recently, I dined with friends at an upscale restaurant where the waiters wore bow ties. I ordered a Greek salad. Simple enough. Or, so I thought. But the waiter wasn’t satisfied. What kind of salad dressing did I require: “Ranch? Thousand?, French? Green Goddess? Blue C
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A Pinch Of Salt
Dec 03, 2018
With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas ahead. probably no one wants to hear about managing diet. Of least interest might be a discussion regarding salt. Still, salt deserves our attention. It has a deadly link to plastic. That’s what researchers from South Korea’s
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Window Dressing Of The Midterm Elections
Nov 30, 2018
On the surface, women made impressive inroads during the 2018 elections but were these advances window dressing? Is there an undertow to be considered that works against these achievements, particularly among white women who remain loyal to Donald Trump despite his sexist views? Tru
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Wikipedia — Attracting Support With Credibility, Not Hype
Nov 29, 2018
As one writer recently observed about Wikipedia, when it began it was “the dumbest idea in history.” (“The Great Upwelling,” by Kevin Kelly, Wired, October, 2018, pg. 43.) The reason? The service was free. How can an enterprise make money when there’s no fee? I wonde
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You Don’t Get More When You Pay Less
Nov 26, 2018
In my upcoming memoir, I write about my second measles infection at the age of twenty-two. The occasion was memorable because it was my first brush with Britain’s National Health Service. The time was 1960, so the system, put in place in 1948, had been around for a while. To b
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No Country For Old Men
Nov 23, 2018
Writer Reihan Salem describes the libertarian promoters, Charles (77) and David (81) Koch, as “very, very patient.” (Click) In the 2016 presidential election, they and their cohorts spent $889 million dollars to support candidates who espoused their views. Most of those as
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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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