by Ann Lee Miller | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
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 21, 2016 | 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 14, 2016 | 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... by Ann Lee Miller | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Stuart FL
I eyed delicious, and definitely off the market, Danny Pignato across the school bus bench. The bedlam around me faded like I’d landed in a movie. The hour between Stuart Middle School and Jupiter was a long time to avoid all that cuteness. Too long, it turned out....