by Ann Lee Miller | Jun 26, 2015 | Coconut Grove FL, Miami FL- Living Aboard a Sailboat
Rain splatted against my calves and chin and one elbow as I turned cartwheels across the beach. Planted right-side-up, I shot a grin at Kate who had been throwing sand balls into the channel between our island and Pier 1. Kate dove into the water, her salt-stiff hair... by Ann Lee Miller | Jun 19, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Miami FL- Living Aboard a Sailboat
Sun winked off ice piled high as our T-shirt necks. Grins split our faces. Our knobby knees pumped full-tilt for the mound of “snow” the Canfields had scored at a Miami ice house, loaded into the back of a pickup, and dumped in the marina parking lot. The five of us... by Ann Lee Miller | Jun 12, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Miami FL- Living Aboard a Sailboat
I floated on my back in Biscayne Bay a few feet from the Annie Lee, trying to block out a lot of things I didn’t want to think about—the ten feet of water and blowfish beneath me; the Canfield kids, big-eyed in the front row of the Aristocats; the bundle of laundry on... by Ann Lee Miller | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
A wet breeze ruffled my red, white and blue tassel as I stood behind the bleachers with a clipboard, lining up my classmates for graduation—my last duty as vice president of the New Smyrna Beach High School Class of 1976. Ordinary kids from small-town, ocean-side...