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A Beautiful Life

It’s exquisite, this photograph. The simplicity with which it captures the essence of my great grandmother. Look closely. Her expression. Nervousness or Serenity? Dreaming of what would be? Or what had been?

Immigrants In America

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A Beautiful Life.
A Beautiful Life.
Immigrants In America

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Apr 13, 2022

The Obituarian

Every life has a tale to tell. Prologue May 2000 She sat in the uncomfortable velvet Victorian chair in the corner, careful not to crinkle the dress she’d been forced to wear. The dress that oddly enough seemed to match the chair. …

Fiction

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The Obituarian
The Obituarian
Fiction

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Jan 20, 2022

On a winters day

It hangs in my office. Directly in my line of sight. The trees are tall and bare. Dark imposing sticks rising high above the soft blanket of white. A singular icy path leading to the bottom of a hill the only disturbance to its innate stillness. Desolate, I once thought. …

Creative Writing

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On a winters day
On a winters day
Creative Writing

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Jun 17, 2021

Learning in the Dark.

I had a good education. I thought. I didn’t know there were holes. Cavernous black holes. We were being taught only one slice of history. We were learning in the dark. I was taught Lincoln freed the slaves. I didn’t learn it took years for all to be free. I…

Juneteenth

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Learning in the Dark.
Learning in the Dark.
Juneteenth

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Published in The Creative Cafe

·Jan 2, 2021

When Fiction Bites Back

Fiction is fickle. As a writer, the idea may start in your head, but soon the story takes over. The characters you develop come into their own and begin to lead the way. And sometimes, sometimes, reality seeps in. When it does, all bets are off. I set out to…

Blm

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When Fiction Bites Back
When Fiction Bites Back
Blm

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Published in The Creative Cafe

·Jul 13, 2020

Protesting Isn’t Enough

We must live our lives together. Break bread together. Work together. Play together. Laugh together. Love together. I’m a privileged white woman in so many ways it’s impossible to delineate. Not that I’ve lived a charmed life. Nor am I upper class. Nor am I free to walk the streets…

Blm Protests

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Protesting Isn’t Enough
Protesting Isn’t Enough
Blm Protests

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Published in The Creative Cafe

·May 14, 2020

The Eyes Have It

Learning to see beyond the mask. I realized it yesterday in my first trip to a market in weeks. An unmasked woman walked by, a bit close, apologizing and smiling. I smiled back, to reassure her I wasn’t upset. She didn’t acknowledge. Then as I walked away it dawned on…

Inspiration

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The Eyes Have It
The Eyes Have It
Inspiration

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Published in The Creative Cafe

·Mar 28, 2020

Finding Joy

In the most unexpected places. It’s easy to get bogged down in the here and now. Frustration, anger, angst and all the swirling emotions that turbulent times may bring. Taking a detour from it all may seem impossible. It’s not. Sometimes, if you close your eyes, and just breathe, you…

Inspiration

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Finding Joy
Finding Joy
Inspiration

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Mar 6, 2020

Labels are for Mayonnaise

Using them on Humans? Lazy Language. I’m not going to tell you what’s wrong with this whole lit-up debate on our generational differences. Boomers vs Millennials. Enough. There’s simply too much of it and it’s really distasteful and disrespectul from any vantage point. A four-year old sees a bunch of…

Language

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Labels are for Mayonnaise
Labels are for Mayonnaise
Language

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Mar 4, 2020

5 Steps to Madness

Or what I dislike most about the new age of numeric content. My inbox is inundated daily with numeric instructions for conquering all of life’s hurdles. Now I don’t mean to be critical. Wait, yes, I do. Honesty is paramount in this new world order. …

Creativity

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5 Steps to Madness
5 Steps to Madness
Creativity

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MJ Miller

MJ Miller

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Teller of Tales ׀ Author ׀ Lifelong Dreamer www.authormjmiller.com

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