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...
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...
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,...
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...