by Ann Lee Miller | Nov 28, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
Photo by Gonzalo Barr The screen door clanged shut on our icy house and I lifted my cheeks for New Smyrna Beach’s kiss of warmth. I rubbed my biceps through my bulky sweater and headed toward Riverside Drive, careful to keep to the sun-heated stretches of pavement.... by Ann Lee Miller | Nov 21, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
[Photo by By Alex Talmon] Mom pulled our green Plymouth Duster in front of New Smyrna Beach High School smack at the front walkway teeming with football players and cheerleaders. I could tell by the “cool” wafting off them in waves. “No! Not here! Drive up further.”... by Ann Lee Miller | Nov 14, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Stuart FL
I pedaled faster, away from my stepfather’s El Patio Restaurant, darting a glance over my shoulder. My fingers clenched the money pouch with three hundred and six dollars against the handle bar. Two p.m. sun cooked my scalp and shoulders. I pumped harder, my progress... by Ann Lee Miller | Nov 7, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Stuart FL
Swimming Records caught my eye as I thumbed through the fat almanac of world records and I slapped my palm down on the page. Jane Miller’s pencil stopped on the sheet of loose leaf where she’d been scratching out an essay on the Boston Tea Party—her quirky...