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Carolyn Wynnack

Carolyn Wynnack

Carolyn (Rousch) Wynnack is a freelance writer and hobby photographer. She is based in Lexington, Kentucky, where she happily shares her home with an orange tabby cat named Peaty and a terrier mix named Copper.

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