by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jun 30, 2023 | Writing
Oh, the summer night has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne. ~Barry Cornwall If you live in the Sonoran Desert as I do, summer nights are a respite from the heat of Tucson days. Waking up to the morning’s brilliant sunshine blue skies and a...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jul 8, 2022 | Writing
It’s July 7. My husband gives me the daily weather report beginning with the high of the day. This is followed by the current temperature in our area taken from a station down the street. This is not news to me because I have already checked the weather on my phone....
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Jul 27, 2021 | Writing
These days of monsoon rain have brought no complaints from Catalina Mt. lovers in Pima County AZ. Last year we watched as flames and smoke moved across our mountains from west to east. Courageous firefighters and support crews battled the Bighorn Fire. “Monsoon...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | May 20, 2016 | Writing
Summertime and the livin’ is easy. It’s true! It’s true! It was true during my childhood and it‘s still true today. The location may be different but my feelings about summer are unchanged. The release of the update of Thinking of Miller Place: A Memoir of Summer...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Sep 18, 2015 | Writing
Along with my Jewish friends, I view September as the month to “have a good new year.” This custom was established for me during my teaching career. Even after being retired from teaching since 1997–whoa-that’s eighteen years, I still do an overhaul of clothes,...
