Adrienne Gokhale Cannon lives in Springfield, VA.  She has three grown children and two grandchildren.  Her son lives in Baltimore, MD with his family; her two daughters and their families live nearby in the Virginia suburbs.

Adrienne taught Spanish and Italian for 30 years in local high schools and retired from the Prince George’s County, Maryland Public School System in 1996.  Since that time she has been writing essays, playing the clarinet with community concert bands and volunteering as a tour guide at  the Kennedy Center, Washington DC. She is author of Journey, a collection of essays, and a second collection, entitled Grace Notes. Credit below: The Washington Post