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Desert Lady Diaries

Apr 24, 2018

Dana was born & raised in Twentynine Palms, met and married her husband here and has made a life for her and her family in this desert town.  In this episode, Dana reminisces about running through rain floods and the desert in general in her bare feet, much to the chagrin of her mom, Marilyn, whose episode aired last...


Apr 17, 2018

 

Marilyn came to the Mojave in 1948 at the age of 14. Her younger sister had some health issues that doctors thought would be helped by the clean, dry desert air - Marilyn thought her parents had brought her to the end of the world. Settling at Smith's Ranch trailer park, Marilyn's father was the Caller for the weekly...


Apr 10, 2018

How does a native Norwegian, who lived on a houseboat in London come to live in the desert? In this episode Tonelise talks about her first experience in the desert, to which many of us who are here will relate. Upon arriving, Tonelise got involved in the community to meet her neighbors. We also talk about the silence,...


Apr 3, 2018

Mari Collier, Author
 
As a young girl, Mari & her mom traveled to Arizona because of Mari's health and after several summers traveling back to Iowa, the whole family eventually moved. After a number of years in the Pacific Northwest, with 130+ inches of rain a year, Mari and her husband moved to 29Palms, joining their...