Oct 8, 2019
Patty
Domany exemplifies the term 'entrepreneurial spirit'.
Patty
was introduced to the desert by her Los Angeles neighbors, who had
land in Landers. After spending a number of weekends with
them and driving the desert roads to find a place of her own, Patty
had a brief conversation with a 'Landroid' over coffee one day at
'Johns', now known as La
Copine, who was a 'caretaker' for a local cabin
whose owner had passed. Patty reached out to the owner's son and,
after a bit of negotiation, got a 10-day escrow and closed on her
little piece of desert heaven.
Coming
out every weekend from Los Angeles since 1990, Patty retired in
2015, making the cabin her permanent home.
A
fairly new member of the Moose Lodge in Landers, Patty has covered
a lot of ground in her life. She married at 17 and was mom of two
by 21 and divorced 18 years later.
She’s
taught macramé, raced motorcycles, cooked on yachts in the
Carribean, hitchhiked across Europe after a free plane ride and
went to UCLA at night to educate herself for a job as an export
manager for a car parts company.
Patty
definitely has the entrepreneurial spirit, selling macramé kits,
owning a Mexican take out and a high-end breakfast catering
company. The only think that may have slowed her down a bit
was beating breast cancer in 2000.
At
nearly 80 years old, Patty recently purchased a chain saw - to cut
the wood you see her pictured with above - and after a
high-cholesterol warning from her doctor, continues to working on
her vegetarian diet, which has reduced her cholesterol
exponentially, without the use of pharmaceuticals.
Patty
loves all the desert creatures around her home and has a contingent
of bunnies who come for breakfast daily.