About the author
Polly Methenitis, PhD., was born and grew up in northern Wisconsin. She has taught elementary school art in Neenah, Wisconsin, third grade in Richardson, Texas, and Art History at the University of Texas at Dallas. Now retired, she lives in Dallas with Tony, her husband of 62 years. She has three grown children, four grandchildren, and the current joy of her life, three great-grandsons, Luke, Hudson, and Rowan. Among her favorite activities are painting, working crosswords, and baking pies and chocolate chip cookies to share with her family.