About the author

Ruby Standing Deer

<p>I&#8217;ve been a wanderer, and a journeyman newspaper pressman. I&#8217;ve spent years rescuing animals and learning from them. They&#8217;ve taught me that life does not have to be so hard, if you go with the flow and not against it.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>My life revolves around writing and my family, which includes, of course, my animals. Two car accidents in the mid-nineties changed my life. I resented it at first, until I understood I had simply been put on another path. It was not an easy one, and continues to be a challenge, but I accepted it, and I learn with each step I take.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>I write because I am compelled to pass on knowledge. My first book,&#160;<em>Circles,</em>&#160;is more than just a story of family, or of the people who first settled in the Americas. It is a story of spirituality and the simple humor of everyday life, but also of the fear of the unknown. Life presents us a path; how we choose to navigate that &#8220;circle&#8221; is up to us.</p>