Teri Metcalf is retired after nearly 20 years of educational research and development at Texas A&M University. She and her husband Bob Presley live in College Station, Texas. She is the author of two books. “Chicken Poop for the Soul: Backyard Adventures” is about their experiences with backyard chickens. “Rambler Rose” is her memoir about growing up in California during the 1950s and ‘60s.