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Miller Caldwell is an author and film script writer. Humanitarian work has taken him to Ghana, and following the Asian Earthquake in 2005 as a Camp Manager to Pakistan. Surges of thought materialise into poetry and short stories which makes him a Guest Speaker around the country. He appears with his clarinet and ventriloquist monkey when the occasion merits less solemnity.

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THE FILM SCRIPT  -  OPERATION OBOE.  Read it on Authorsden.com and at www.millercaldwell.org  AVAILABLE FOR OPTION. Contact mhcaldwell@btopenworld.com



Birth Place: Bishopton,  Scotland

Accomplishments: Master of Arts (London University)
Founding Fellow of the Institute of Contemporary Scotland
Past President of the Dumfries Burns Club
Chair of the local branch of the Scottish Association for the Study of Offending.
2001 UK National Award for Interagency Work recognised by Community Care Magazine. (London).
2006 Muslim Hands International Award for services to the South East Asian Earthquake in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan on 8th October 2005. (Islamabad)
London University's SOAS Scotland Contact.

Former Writer in Residence at Dumfries Prison.
Camp Manger at Mundihar- post Earthquake 2005.
A Speaker, Poet, Author and Film Script Writer but above all Dad to Fiona and Laura and husband to Jocelyn, as we celebrate our 30th year of marriage this year.

     

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Books

Operation Oboe by Miller H Caldwell
A delightfully rare Historical Novel. 85% a biography of a spy, musician, mother and her neice trapped behind German lines in World War I. This background led to a diplomatic post in World War II. Aged 92, Vera disclosed her past life one year before she died. She was my godmother. I was priviledged to have heard her story then realised it was still being written and the evidence was in the Arbroa...
  

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7 point 7 (On the Richter Scale) by Miller H Caldwell
A book for every Muslim and everyone wishing to know about their way of life. The Diary of the Camp Manager at Mundihar following the South Asian Earthquake - October 2005. An account of life after the Earthquake in one of the largest of the 161 camps in the north of Pakistan. The author was the only western Camp Manager. Read of his experiences living with wonderful Moslem friends while fearing M...
  

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Have You Seen My uuummm......Memory? by Miller H Caldwell
A delightful concoction of self-help tips for those of all ages suffering from occasional or regular memory lapses. The author's personal medical history is bound together by a fascinating and rib-tickling insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the human memory. An ideal companion when the memory begins to slip. PS Check out my Memory Poetry too....
  

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Poet's Progeny by Miller H Caldwell
Robert Burns' first daughter was Elizabeth. Her story and the five descendants Scottish lives are recorded here with the Bard's message today as ever in need. Al Quida listen: Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that. That Sense and Worth o'er all the Earth Shall bear the gree for a' that. For a' that an' a' that, its comin yet for a' that. That man to man the world o'er, Sha...
  

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Ponderings - for those with failing eyesight by Miller H Caldwell
Poor eyesight? Larger print of Poems, Short Stories a diary and an appeal for children in Court....
  

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Poet's Progeny by Miller H Caldwell
Why was Robert Burns' songs, poems and music loved by all? Russians honour Burns and he was the talk of the Enlightenment of Europe. He spoke for the orindary man to those in authority. Clarity and richly crafted words flowed from his pen. This poet sits shoulder to shoulder with Shakespeare....
  

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Restless Waves by Miller H Caldwell
May I offer you a Round the World Cruise of a lifetime for the price of a novel? Not only do the seas roll on but two romances,a death at sea, uncovered past lives, history uncovered in Brazil, caves in Australia, poetry in Senegal, the Lux Mundi in Cape Town and the hills of Dunedin. The characters come alive in the confines of a voyage where drug running hides between the sumptious meals and...
  

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Short Stories

Difficult tenants
 by Miller H Caldwell
Sometime we have to put up with them.......


Bear Essentials
 by Miller H Caldwell
If you go down to the woods today.........


How the other half live.
 by Miller H Caldwell
A deeper meaning within...go....find. ...


ZIMBABWE we are with you.
 by Miller H Caldwell
The poorest country in the world because of Mugabe....


THE TAXI RANK
 by Miller H Caldwell
There is a lack of respect in Ottery St Mary. Drivers park on a Taxi Rank free from prosecution by the lazy authorities....


OPERATION OBOE - The Film Script
 by Miller H Caldwell
A Story? Yes a novel but this is the FILM SCRIPT....


Summit ...at Heaven
 by Miller H Caldwell
Just what I thought!...


My First visit to FLORIDA
 by Miller H Caldwell
I was 21 years of age, my first time out of the UK, I could not believe the climate....


The SACRIFICE
 by Miller H Caldwell
Loving your Enemy....


Harry's Easter Treat
 by Miller H Caldwell
Old age has its compensations!...


Unto Us........
 by Miller H Caldwell
Unto us a Child was born...let them know please!...


What's a WC ?
 by Miller H Caldwell
Abbreviations and misunderstandings!...


Help......
 by Miller H Caldwell
It''s dark,its after midnight, the car is on the top floor of a multi car park...I''m a woman...aged 45....I''m afraid.........


The Monk's Question
 by Miller H Caldwell
Check the originals!...


A Tall Doll Story
 by Miller H Caldwell
Keeping a secret!...


When your Ears Burn!
 by Miller H Caldwell
Concentrate on what you are doing....


Frank and Ernest
 by Miller H Caldwell
Oh to be perfect..........


RING Ting a Ling!
 by Miller H Caldwell
It''s for Yooooooooooooooooooooooo...


THE WISE WIFE
 by Miller H Caldwell
Yes the husband is wise ...but the wife is wiser!...


Adventurous Ants
 by Miller H Caldwell
Can ants talk to eachother? You bet they can!...


If you go down to the pool tonight.......
 by Miller H Caldwell
You say Humor I write Humour But we can all have a laugh or do you say laff? ...


Glamorous Gloria meets St Peter again.
 by Miller H Caldwell
Fun in hospital, more fun on leaving!...


Chaz arrives in Dumfries
 by Miller H Caldwell
A FILM SCRIPT to teach decorum in Primary Schools. For OPTION contact the author....


A Recipe for SUSHI
 by Miller H Caldwell
Need a quick recipe?...


A True Story from this summer's holiday in France.
 by Miller H Caldwell
Ride the Dignes to Nice train calling at 18 stations and picking up school children....



Poetry

REACHING SIXTY
 by Miller H Caldwell
Age does not matter...except when you are sixty. A premature offering for Hannie Rouweler...


The Riding Lesson
 by Miller H Caldwell
When Dads come in handy....


DAY OF DISMAY
 by Miller H Caldwell
Some days get off to a poor start...but others will follow....


SOUP for HIAWATHA
 by Miller H Caldwell
Re capture Longfellow''s Trochaic Tetrameter....


Brambling
 by Miller H Caldwell
In Scotland we call them Brambles - Black Berries which appear everywhere in September. Hence I was Brambling today....


PING Ohhhh the PAIN
 by Miller H Caldwell
"Ping" it went. Have you had it too?...


9th International Peace Day
 by Miller H Caldwell
Allanton Sanctury Auldgirth was today''s setting 30th June 2007 It was wet. By wet I mean dreadfully wet. So here''s me out of a warm bath reflecting........


Never Give Up...completely
 by Miller H Caldwell
Some changes in life ain''t a bad thing!...


We Mourn With You AMERICA
 by Miller H Caldwell
Gun restrictions NOW before another tragedy . Oh America why, oh why?...


THE FINAL SHOT
 by Miller H Caldwell
The evil power of guns. They wreck lives in every community, no more so than in Iraq at present....


1st December
 by Miller H Caldwell
December arrived I felt deprived A verse, the solution Enhanced my solution...


Faded Friends
 by Miller H Caldwell
Reflection of old friends - never to be met again....


Camp Life at Mundihar in the NWFP Pakistan
 by Miller H Caldwell
Miller sings this song to audiences wishing to hear of his humanitarian work in Pakistan before buying 7 point 7 (On the Richter Scale)his diary of this experience. If you wish the chords to sing ...


TILL THEN
 by Miller H Caldwell
When the one you love is away for a few days, the longing remains whether you first met 30 days ago or, in my case, over 30 years ago....


Neighbourhood Friction
 by Miller H Caldwell
Students live in crowded accommodation. Friction runs high at times...read on... And please accept the colonial British spelling code! ...


45 Titles
 by Miller H Caldwell
Ummm Humor? I call it Humour but then I never migrated!...


A Profile of Reporters
 by Miller H Caldwell
Team building in a small team. HQ had asked for a profile of my staff of four reporters to the children''s panels. I though in verse was best! After all, they are all S T A R S....


Fond Memory of Penny
 by Miller H Caldwell
Our neighbour's Labrador dog, Penny, always greeted me on my return home. It's now my time to remember her. ...


The Lived Experience of Memory Impaired
 by Miller H Caldwell
I have been asked to address students at the Bell Health College on the subject of The Lived Experience of the Memory Impaired! Well the line set me off on my introduction to them by poem....


The Memory Song
 by Miller H Caldwell
A song to smile at, sing to,join in as we all have memory lapses....


Some days
 by Miller H Caldwell
Calling all those with memory ailments...


Just A Room
 by Miller H Caldwell
Ageing parents may loose their freedom, their homes and their possessions. Encourage them to adapt to their altered lives....


Invergowrie Primary School
 by Miller H Caldwell
A song for the pupils who raised over £2,000 for the Asia Earthquake in Oct 05. I was the camp manager at Mundihar caring for more than 2,000 refugees and now give talks. First stop the pupils who...


Glenfarg
 by Miller H Caldwell
The seasons in Glenfarg, Perthshire, Scotland. By the late Rev. James Caldwell...


A Best Friend
 by Miller H Caldwell
A Poem to honor the dog in our lives....



Articles

Boost you book sales
 by Miller H Caldwell
This is what I found...


The Solo Oboe
 by Miller H Caldwell
50 year old Fleur Richter leaves Germany in 1939 and returns to Scotland. But with a son in the SS and an aging mother in Scotland will Gerhardt Eicke of the Hamburg Gestapo or Sir Anthony Pitt-Steven...


TOUCHING THE VOID
 by Miller H Caldwell
Greetings to all and may you find contentment in 2008...


Film Script Premise & Outline
 by Miller H Caldwell
THE CALL A Fear of Death, Rites of Passage film from the perspective of a 12 year old....


A Cut Above the Rest !
 by Miller H Caldwell
My late father was a cleric who also cut the hair of his elderly congregation, on request. This is one such request for his services from R. Edington Smith. When letters were written!...


The Surprising Interview
 by Miller H Caldwell
What happened when my interview took place....


The Call (in Scots Lallans.)
 by Miller H Caldwell
A Fear of Death scenario for a 12 yesr old on a rites of passage journey. For all Scots expatriots to enjoy written in Lallans....


Is there a God ?
 by Miller H Caldwell
The One Big Question...


Have You Seen My Memory?
 by Miller H Caldwell
A companion for all who have Senior Moments. Instruction, support and humour to lift our spirits when memory fails us....


OPERATION OBOE
 by Miller H Caldwell
Heroic women of the 20th Century. Entering the gates of a male establishment - The Foreign Office. ...


Lord, Thou Knowest Better than I know myself
 by Miller H Caldwell
Take stock of life. Make adaptations Be grateful...


Writing in Prison
 by Miller H Caldwell
The benefits of Writing in Prison....


In Search of a Speaker
 by Miller H Caldwell
The President of the Burns Club must select the Guest Speaker. So how did I go about that task in the Millennium Year?...


A tribute to J M Barrie
 by Miller H Caldwell
Peter Pan, Wendy House, the ticking crockodile. My connection with JM Barrie....


Warmth in Winter
 by Miller H Caldwell
Diary of Silver Wedding visit back to Ghana, West Africa. Some remarkable encounters with the President and with wild life - pictures to accompany text....



News

Commissioned
 by Miller H Caldwell
IT''S ME ! The booklet for the medical profession, the patient and the family....


Looking for an Illustrator ?
 by Miller H Caldwell
Only a click away....


Events at Borders Book shop Dundee
 by Miller H Caldwell
Returning to my roots for this engagement as advertised....


From Author to Script Writer
 by Miller H Caldwell
After six books in three years, it''s time to overhaul my activities. An opportunity has come to light....2007 looking interesting....


VENTRILOQUIST
 by Miller H Caldwell
When asked to return to a Probus meeting of retired professionals after my talk to them about being in Pakistan as a Camp Manager, the Festive talk was to be a lighter engagement. I saw a Chimp for sa...


Speaker in Demand
 by Miller H Caldwell
Speaking engagements now in progress in the UK following return from North West Frontier Province where he was the Camp Manger at Mundihar Tented Village. Do you wish a free talk? Only travel expenses...


Launching a new career in adversity
 by Miller H Caldwell
Can writing be in the genes?...


Memory book launched
 by Miller H Caldwell
A delightful concoction of self-help for those suffering from dementia and regular memory lapses....


SELF HELP MEMORY BOOK Launched
 by Miller H Caldwell
Fading memory? Here's a vital book to improve your memory set within the parameters of the author's medical biography and given a solid set of hilarious memory incidents to make the tips stick. Wait t...


Links

Operation Oboe
Historical novel of romance, espionage and music based on the lives of two remarkable female relatives.Now in preparation for the Film Screen version.


Have You Seen My ...ummm..Memory
Delightful self-help mewmory guide but written with both medical biography and much rib tickling humour to consolidate the learning. Now used in Nurses Training Colleges and in Adult Psychiatric schools.

Poet's Progeny
The life of Robert Burns first child Elizabeth and her family to the present day. A saga of Scottish life, loves and tragedy. Robert Burns from his last decsendent living in his home town.

Restless Waves
Travel the world with Geoff Varley. He'll sort out your problems and have a jolly good time into the bargain!


Additional information

Restless Waves - a Travel Adventure around the world in four months published january 2007. Chaz the Friendly Crocodile about to roll out to all primary schools in the UK with support from Police, Education Chiefs and the Scottish Parliament. Also check the website www.millercaldwell.org for recently added Short Stories! Tears and laughter promised! Hankerchiefs to the ready! 7.7 (on the Richter Scale) My diary of being the only white Camp Manger at Mundihar in the North West Frontier Province of the Islamic State of Pakistan NOW PUBLISHED - raising funds for the victims in the NWFP. Ventriloquism is my latest venture. It works...you didn't see my lips move!

 
Contact Information

Author Guest Speaker and Film Script Writer
Netherholm Edinburgh Rd 
Dumfries       Scotland
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