Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Rethinking What We know
Jan 15, 2026
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The debate continued for several minutes until we realized we were using terms differently. Definitions were the source of our disagreement. I shouldn’t have been surprised. More than once, I’ve noted that language is as slippery as a well-greased pig. An argument can be debilitat
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My New Year’s Resolutions
Jan 08, 2026
As a writer, words are my tools, and I’ve produced many essays about them as subjects in themselves. So, when a friend sent me an article about the Sierra Club’s Equity Language Guide, I was curious. Cut from The Atlantic Monthly in 2023, and written by George Parker, the ar
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Self-Evident Truths
Dec 18, 2025
I wrote a harangue about oligarchs for today’s blog, then tore it up. I do have something to say on the subject, but as it is the holidays, I’ll keep it short. Here’s what I want you to know. President Dwight Eisenhower warned that the “Military/Industrial complex” might e
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Eyes On The Prize
Dec 11, 2025
Trump’s name is synonymous with vanity. As a New York entrepreneur, he profited by plastering his name on as many buildings as he could. That same hubris marks his presidency. Recently, he carved his name on the U.S. Institute of Peace Building, a nonprofit organization that recei
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Shopping With The Enemy
Dec 04, 2025
Many Americans are standing on street corners waving anti-Trump signs, and the economy might be the reason. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) notes that never before has so much money flowed into the hands of so few, and given the greatest political influence to those with the fat
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Happy Thanksgiving
Nov 27, 2025
May we one day live in a world without hunger or fear.
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Who You Gonna Trust?
Nov 20, 2025
When I was in my 50s, my stockbroker encouraged me to buy shares in a company he claimed would be a game-changer in energy conservation. I purchased 1000 shares at $11 each. Then, I waited. When the stock dropped to $1, I was ready to give up, but my broker advised me to hold on, so
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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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