This week on Digitale Stories:

Monday — Justine McDaniel, former student newspaper editor at Santa Rosa High and now a student at the University of Puget Sound, writes about the classic series “Betsy-Tacy,” books about a American girl growing up a century ago.

Tuesday — Matt Doka, a University of Pennsylvania grad, shares why he went to Africa to learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur in the Developing Word. Part of the series: “Becoming … 20-Somethings pursuing Dreams.”

Thursday — Joseph Pike, Gold Rush prospector from Illinois, tells what it was like to live in California’s lawless mining camps in the story: “Murder and A Hanging.” It’s the next vignette in the “American Risotto” series.