by Ann Lee Miller | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog, Hendersonville NC, Just The Facts Fridays
I’d hiked uphill behind Ridgecrest Baptist Conference Center in Black Mountain, North Carolina. A summer breeze ruffled the nearby leaves and cooled the sweat on my skin. I turned around to a sea of greens my color-blind eyes couldn’t catalogue. A dirt road curled up... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog, Florida Southern College, Just The Facts Fridays
I sat on the edge of Mom’s bed, staring, not at her, but at the palm frond that had drooped and dried over a picture frame—left over from last Palm Sunday. I focused back on Mom’s brown eyes—that held half the hazel of my own—sucked in a breath for courage. “I want to... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 21, 2017 | Blog, Florida Southern College, Just The Facts Fridays
I headed across the hall toward my R.A.’s room to thank her for the post-it note wishing me well on my media writing test. But when I leaned through her doorway, instead of Judy Rock’s perky smile, I came face to face with Jesus Christ. Or rather, an artist’s... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog, Florida Southern College, Just The Facts Fridays
I didn’t belong here in this hazy rented hall that smelled of hops and hairspray and heated bodies. The knowing started in my sternum and crawled outward. I crammed it back into the corner where I kept God at times like this. The ƩAEs and a cadre of coeds danced to... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 7, 2017 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Writers' Workshops
You’re invited! Writers’ Weekend Feb. 16-18, 2018, in Pine, Arizona. Three tranquil days of writing, yummy food, and people who understand the way you think. Fiction, nonfiction and travel writing classes will be available for all skill levels. SIGN... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Florida Southern College, Just The Facts Fridays
I stared at the bulletin board outside the mail room, heart racing. A flush picked its way across my skin. I peeked down at the letter, its familiar script pulsing with possibility in my palm. Students jockeyed around me. He really had written. The words Student...
