Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Aging: A Lesson For The Young
Nov 09, 2018
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Aging is a stealth process. We hardly recognize it’s at work until we see surprise in the eyes of someone we’ve bumped into after many years. “You’re Caroline Miller, aren’t you?” Have I changed so much, I wonder. Apparently I have. Come to think of it, so has the
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The Matrix, The Dreamer And Hot Fudge Sundaes
Nov 08, 2018
An article popped up on my computer the other day which suggested we live in a Matrix. Like the film by the same name, our lives may be no more than a dream which we are allowed to think is real. (Click) A few scientists have given the idea enough credence to propose experiments to d
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A Summer Read
Nov 07, 2018
Heart Land is a fictional memoir of a bright and reckless boy growing up in rural Ohio in 1939, at the close of the Depression and before America’s entrance into World War II. Ockley Green is a sleepy farming community where a kid with an active imagination is as likely to trick h
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Pimping For Amazon And Facebook
Nov 06, 2018
This morning a notice from Amazon popped up on my screen. The message said a customer had liked my review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Buried Giant but made no mention of whether or not he or she actually bought the book. (Blog 5/5/15) Next I was reminded I’d written 13 reviews on Amaz
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The First Lesson Of Reality
Nov 05, 2018
I came across an excerpt from Barbara Ehrenreich’s latest book, Living with a Wild God, recently. (“Zapped by the Invisible World,” The Baffler, Vol. 25, 2014, pg. 13.) I’ve never read her any of her works but this segment spoke to my interest in mystical experiences. Sh
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A Spiritual Understanding Of How To Live
Nov 02, 2018
A funny thing happened on the way to the theater the other night. A friend was driving and while we sped along the darkened streets, she admitted her vision wasn’t as good as it used to be. Like me, she’s in her 70’s so I wasn’t surprised by her confession but noted it was
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June 8, 2010
Nov 01, 2018
Pooh Bear Demystified Socrates observed that man is a social animal. If I’d have been his contemporary, I’d have added the words, “who likes a story.” When a journalist writes, “First the king died and then the queen died,” we have an article. When an author writes, “F
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June 7, 2010
Oct 31, 2018
POOH BEAR, POUND CAKE AND EZRA POUND Sunday, I took an imaginary walk in the park. In reality, I was somewhere else, but as it was a sunny day, my mind kept wandering to the place where there are trees, a duck pond and an expanse of grass to sit upon. In my mind, I laid out a blanke
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The War Over Gun Control
Oct 30, 2018
Here’s a fact that should give us pause: “Crime in Japan has become so rare that police often have nothing to do. In 2015, there was just one gun homicide. Guns are virtually illegal there.” (“News,” The Week, October 27, 2017 pg. 16.) No wonder the Japanese have so ma
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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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