The Curiously Beautiful Life of Marie Miller
It’s Good To Have a Taste for Traveling Alone
Dear World, For the first time in fifteen years I am officially an independent artist. My record label and I parted ways this summer on perfectly peaceful terms. The employees in that building watched me grow up (literally), and I will be forever grateful for the...
You are my sky full of light: a melancholic’s take on fireworks
Dear World, I think my favorite thing in life are fireworks. They remind us to look upward and to live life in full, bright colors. Aren’t you just filled with hope when you see the whole sky sparkle? Pope John Paul 2 said that beauty reminds us to, “Savor life and...
When You Feel Like Your Winter Is Lasting Forever
Dear World, Spring is a season of renewal, rebirth, remaking. Easter invites us to believe that things can be made new, that the end of the story is a good one, that our story is a good one. This winter has been a LONG one with snow still on the forecast…..grrreat. I...
Uganda Here I Come!
Dear World, Thanksgiving Weekend I Facetimed with a young woman named Clare Byrne who founded a nonprofit in Uganda for children with disabilities called Imprint Hope. I had been following her on social media and was super impressed and interested in her story. After...
A Dear John Letter to 2017
Dear 2017, What a year you’ve been. To be real, not my favorite. Joy was a struggle. I think I missed a lot of miracles that way. To my new friend 2018: I want to have joy in the journey and to do crazy things like love people more, look on the bright side, work hard,...
I love you more than Christmas Snow
Dear World, How do I describe how much I love singing on stage? Its strange to me to love something so much. Time suspends itself and melodies fill the air like perfume. I can almost see the music sparkle like soft twinkle lights in the dimly lit theatre. Its all...
While You Wait: Advent and Alice in Wonderland
Dear World, Advent comes from the Latin word adventum which means coming. This coming is a promise that there is an end to the waiting that a great gift is coming, but sometimes we don't see much end in sight. Life can feel like one big waiting room. We wait for...
The 5 Lessons I Learned From Wonder Woman
Dear World, So I missed Wonder Woman in theatres, so I decided to download it on my way home from my show with Five for Fighting in Portland, OR. I could tell from the first few minutes that this movie was going to be a new favorite of mine. This is coming from the...
Life can be lovely: The last week in Europe
Dear World, Here is the third and last chapter of my European Adventure! It was such a gift to see so many new places, but it was really the new friends that made the trip so incredibly special. To our new Danish, German, and Hungarian friends, we miss you already!...
Meet Marie
Marie Miller is a singer, songwriter, and mandolin player from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. She grew up on a small vineyard with her parents and nine siblings in an old house named Glenway. Let's Connect...
About Marie
Marie Miller is a singer, songwriter and mandolin player from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. She grew up on a small vineyard with her parents and nine siblings in an old house named Glenway. More...