Carol La Monda is a retired high school and middle school English teacher. She lives in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York with her husband and near to her children. She writes a bi-weekly ...ver maisCarol La Monda is a retired high school and middle school English teacher. She lives in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York with her husband and near to her children. She writes a bi-weekly column, entitled “A Jar of Olives,” for her local newspaper.ver menos