Jun 4, 2019
Sixty
miles into her trip moving from Florida to Los Angeles, the car
radiator sprung a leak. Meilani MacDonald and a friend pressed on
to Los Angeles, with a jug of water in the trunk to keep the
radiator full. Once they got to the desert, they took to driving at
night where the cooler air was kinder to the vehicle. This was
Meilani's first experience with desert.
Meilani's first brush with Joshua Tree was
weekend camping trips to the national park to escape LA's urban
environs. Though she doesn’t get into the park much these days, the
feeling and natural beauty of this place, here in the hi-desert, is
enough to keep her grateful to be living in this
paradise.
After
many years in LA, Meilani left LA for more wide-open spaces,
landing in Desert Hot Springs - partially because those weekend
camping trips she'd taken to Joshua Tree often ended with a run
through one of the may hot spring spas in DHS. And who wouldn't
want to live in a 'spa' town? After a difficult relationship
break-up, a search for cooler temperatures and for reasons of
economy, Meilani came to the hi-desert and found a
home.
In this
episode, Meilani tells us she only knew one or two folks in
the area when she moved. However, since joining a business referral
group (bnirsb.com), she has met more
local folks in a professional capacity. Then we get into the
personal side of making friends and difficulty dating. We touch on
the spiritual awakening that can occur if one is open and allows
themselves to be immersed in the silence and space of the
desert.
In addition to her Virtual Assistant business
where Meilani offers services of writing, editing and graphic
design, Meliani has recently discovered a calling to lead Creative
Intention Setting sessions, and read tarot. She'll be adding to her
repertoire of services after working through her processes and work
space logistics. Look for them on her website soon.