Literary Hero: Jane Yolen

When I discovered Dream Weaver, by Jane Yolen in 1979, I was dazzled that a contemporary writer created such fairy tales.      I’ve read many more Yolen books: Here There Be Dragons, Owl Moon,                 and Sleeping Ugly, to name a few. She’s written more than 300.  Yes, THREE-HUNDRED books, including […]

Pine Ridge: Seeds of Hope and a Buffalo Snack

Tonight, the ABC program, 20/20, devoted its entire program to Pine Ridge, the town and the reservation, Land of the Lakota,  in southwestern South Dakota. On Hidden America: Children of the Plains, Diane Sawyer rode a horse, wore a dancing shawl, and met Lakota in schools, business, law, and recovery. Those she interviewed painted a […]