by Ann Lee Miller | May 27, 2016 | 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’s pencil stopped on the sheet of loose leaf where she’d been scratching out an essay on the Boston Tea Party—her quirky anachronistic... 
by Ann Lee Miller | May 20, 2016 | Blog, Coconut Grove FL, Just The Facts Fridays, Miami FL- Living Aboard a Sailboat, Stuart FL
The sun sank into Southeast Florida in the balmy butt-crack of winter. I’d just turned fourteen and this was my eighth move—a VW van, a sailboat, and six houses. I glanced out the picture window of our cement block cracker box at R.J. and the neighbor kids riding... 
by Ann Lee Miller | May 13, 2016 | Blog, Coconut Grove FL, Just The Facts Fridays, Miami FL- Living Aboard a Sailboat
Miami must sound more romantic from Ohio than it does when your skin is actually sizzling in Johnson’s Baby Oil under the South Florida sun. I glanced at my cousin Di who re-upped for a second stint on the Annie Lee this summer. She laid tanning on the fore cabin... 
by Ann Lee Miller | May 6, 2016 | Blog, Coconut Grove FL, Miami FL- Living Aboard a Sailboat
I lay on the bowsprit, my favorite haunt at sea, willing phosphorescence to appear in the navy blue waters of the Atlantic. Mom’s words rolled around in my head, Do you think I should divorce your dad? Our family could use a little luminescence. Wind danced around me... 
by Ann Lee Miller | May 4, 2016 | Blog, Writers' Workshops
Phoenix Area Writers, Are you savoring the last of spring like I am? I watched sun glint off the Salt River yesterday from my perch under a tree. The beauty refreshed my writer’s heart. Immersing ourselves in a positive writing community and sharpening our skills can...
