by Ann Lee Miller | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Stuart FL
I climbed into the back seat of Reid Ferr’s GTO behind St. Joe’s, the fifth kid in. Catholic Youth Organization had just let out. I thumbed through my brand new paperback copy of Good News for Modern Man. Before we’d gone a block, Joey Ent, sitting shotgun, lit a... by Ann Lee Miller | Oct 24, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Stuart FL
I climbed out of Mom’s Plymouth Duster into the halo of light circling the Martin County Fair and weaved through the parked cars into the clutch of my friends. The metallic clacking and whirring of amusement rides buzzed excitement through the Florida fall night.... by Ann Lee Miller | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Stuart FL
Amy Kuhns and I sidled up the swim team bus aisle past the upturned noses of the chlorine-silvered blondes, the fastest girls on the team, toward our usual spot in the middle. We could take ten seconds off our 100 Free times and still not blip onto their radar.... by Ann Lee Miller | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Stuart FL
Mom scooped us from the sailboat we lived aboard in Miami, grabbed a new husband, and tossed us into a new town. I landed on cat feet in Stuart, Florida, because I wanted freedom from Dad and our life on the Annie Lee almost as much as Mom did. But freedom came at a... by Ann Lee Miller | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Stuart FL
I peered over the side of Cato’s Bridge where Aida Gale and had jumped off seconds ago. Fear fluttered in my chest. My toes gripped the edge of the concrete girder, my hand super-glued to the guardrail. Kelly Gaston hopped over the rail and glanced at me. “You’re such...