Carole Duff is an award-winning veteran teacher, accomplished presenter, serious flutist, avid naturalist, and writer of narrative nonfiction. She posts weekly to her long-standing blog Notes from Vanaprastha, and has written for Brevity Blog, Cleaver Magazine, Huffington Post, Mockingbird, Please See Me, Streetlight Magazine, The Sage Forum, for which she is a regular contributor, and other publications. Carole lives in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband, author K.A. Kenny, and two large dogs.