Pat
and her family were looking for a weekend getaway from Los Angeles.
A newspaper ad for an adobe home on 22 acres with a well and
chickens put them on the road to 29Palms. Shortly after
settling in, in the 1970's, the adobe house needed repairs. This
took Pat to the local library for some information where
she...
A
life-long resident of 29 Palms, the daughter of pioneers Bill and
Ada Hatch, who homesteaded in 29 Palms in the early 1930's, one
could say Liz and 29 Palms grew up together. In this
episode, Liz talks about a little trick she used to
go to school barefoot, shares memories of parades and square-dances
and tells a...
The
first time Christina came to the desert it was to ring in the new
year at Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown. She connected with some
musicians who introduced her to various aspects of the desert,
including the national park and Christina began splitting her time
between Orange County, CA and the desert. During
the...
The
desert was to be one of the locations for a documentary Eva was
filming about composer, Lou Harrison. Lou was building a straw-bale
construction home in Joshua Tree and invited Eva to come along for
a visit during construction. Lou passed away a year to the day
after construction was completed and Eva has become
the...
'Dem
eyes ~ they almost got Lizzie and her sister into acting a whole
lot sooner than she may have wished. And she comes by it
honestly... her grandfather was a double for a very well-known
actor. Now, Lizzie is gracing the stages in the Hi- and Low Desert
and beginning to make her way to Los Angeles for
auditions.