Mary Rohrer-Dann writes and paints in central PA. and is an educator and two-time Pushcart nominee. She is the author of "Taking the Long Way Home" (Kelsay Books), and "La Scaffetta: Poems from the Foundling Drawer" (Tempest Productions, Inc.) Other work appears/is forthcoming in Vestal Review, Third Wednesday, Clackamas Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Boston Literary Magazine, and other venues. She is a long-standing volunteer.