by Ann Lee Miller | Apr 28, 2017 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
I gripped Eric Bensen’s room number in my fist and scanned the digits that stretched down the shiny Fish Memorial Hospital hall. Eric, one of last year’s crushes, landed in the hospital after a lawn mower accident. He was probably bummed and worried about running... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
Mike Zwicker, covered in golf-course grime from his summer job, stood under the eaves of the New Smyrna Beach rec center chatting with me, making no move to commandeer his ornery little brother, Steve, into the car. Warm rain bucketed down beside us, misting my skin,... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog, New Smyrna Beach FL
I jerked upright out of a sound sleep. My newly broken ankle squawked in complaint. I peered at the sliver of streetlight slitting through the window and stilled my breath. Nothing. Well, nothing but the sound of Ralph sawing sequoia-sized logs in the next room. I... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
Lisa DeNauro’s compact, muscular body whipped feet-over-head—a blur of red leotard, freckled skin, and blonde hair. Her palms sprung off the vaulting horse, flinging her into a perfect round off. She nailed the landing and tossed her hands toward the New Smyrna Beach... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog, New Smyrna Beach FL
David Lossing stood in a circle of light at Disney World Fort Wilderness Campground. He jutted his chin toward the furthest tent in our M.A.S.H.-like village stuffed with more than fifty members of New Smyrna Beach High School’s Spanish Club. “I’m headed to the party... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
I angled up on my elbows from my beach towel, slack-jawed like Susan Sigler and Jackie Herold as we watched a jumble of high school jocks gambol through the surf. Their guffaws and your mamas grazed the sand toward us. We knew their names—had sat in Algebra or Biology...
