by Ann Lee Miller | Feb 27, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
On Tuesday, April 22, 1975, my creative writing class of eleven students clambered into our teacher’s van in front of New Smyrna Beach High School. Florida morning steamed sweat across our foreheads and the backs of our necks. Fish and salt and the herbal scent of... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Feb 20, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
[I’m telling a follow-up Stuart, Florida, story and will return to New Smyrna Beach next week.] The six of us peered into each other’s eyes, trying in short seconds to excavate the girls we’d known when we were sixteen from the fifty-six year old faces staring back at... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Feb 13, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
I sat back on my heels in the front window of Behrens’ Book Store and eyed Jackie Herold’s Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls cradling a copy of Love Story. Ralph, my stepfather, had roped me into decorating the window for Valentine’s Day and I’d Tom-Sawyered Jackie into... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
Susan Sigler narrowed her eyes at me across the lunch table. “We saw you heading into New Smyrna Beach in Big Kev’s truck Saturday night.” I shoved a huge bite of peanut butter and jelly sandwich into my mouth for an excuse not to answer. If they got me to admit I’d...
