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Desert Lady Diaries

Jan 30, 2018

 

Sant traveled through Joshua Tree on her way to Arizona in the 1970's ~ little did she know then she would eventually make it her home. She and her husband, David, began retreating to Joshua Tree on weekends to escape stressful lives in San Bernardino ~ one day, they just decided to move permanently.  In this episode,...


Jan 23, 2018

 

Pat grew up loving nature and visiting the desert with her family, so it would stand to reason that she would go back to school at age 35 and get a degree in Biology and be placed as the first friendly face visitors came in contact with at Anza-Borrego State Park in California. An extremely active advocate for the...


Jan 16, 2018

Hilary heads back to Tanzania Africa next week for three months, so I was thrilled she made the time to be on the podcast.  In this episode, Hilary discusses the life-change she experienced, bringing her to the desert permanently in 2009. With a 35-year career as a producer and stylist for print, film and commercials in...


Jan 9, 2018

Helen, on the left, new homesteader in Twentynine Palms; right, Minerva Hoyt, "Apostle of the Cacti".
 
Helen learned to love the desert, coming here in 1927, with her husband Frank (due to his health issues) and three young boys. Helen and Frank ran a grocery store in Twentynine Palms, or '29 Palms', and made a life...