by Ann Lee Miller | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
A white piece of paper fluttered onto my lit book as James Knox, moved past my desk. Song for Emil had been typed across the top of what must be song lyrics. My forehead wrinkled and questions bumper-carred around my head. I watched James, the most vocal member of... 
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... 
by Ann Lee Miller | May 15, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
I tapped my foot and stared at the triangle of skin between James Knox’s brows and the top of his sunglasses—red-framed today. “What’s your answer?” I clenched my arms across my waist. “You’ve kept me hanging for a week.” He dropped his head, sighed, faced me. “Yeah,... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Feb 27, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
On Tuesday, April 22, 1975, my creative writing class of eleven students clambered into our teacher’s van in front of New Smyrna Beach High School. Florida morning steamed sweat across our foreheads and the backs of our necks. Fish and salt and the herbal scent of... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
A white piece of paper fluttered onto my lit book as James Knox, moved past my desk. Song for Emil had been typed across the top of what must be song lyrics. My forehead wrinkled and questions bumper-carred around my head. I watched James, the most vocal member of...
