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 | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
Susan Sigler narrowed her eyes at me across the lunch table. “We saw you heading into New Smyrna Beach in Big Kev’s truck Saturday night.” I shoved a huge bite of peanut butter and jelly sandwich into my mouth for an excuse not to answer. If they got me to admit I’d... 
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... 
by Ann Lee Miller | Dec 12, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays
Photo by Maria Carrasco The smallest bridge in New Smyrna Beach, rising less than six feet from Washington Street, might as well have been the Sunshine Skyway over Tampa Bay. My shoulders bunched with tension and my knuckles whitened on the stick shift as I eyed the...
