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Patti Brown | Ep 111

Patti Brown wisited Yucca Valley for the first time in 1989 to meet, who would become her future mother-in-law and real estate mentor. Th...

Jane 'Spider' Fawke |Ep 110

Born in England, Jane 'Spider' Fawke grew up watching American Westerns at a Saturday morning program near where she lived. It wasn't Joh...

Patty Domay | Ep 109

Patty Domany exemplifies the term 'entrepreneurial spirit'. Patty was introduced to the desert by her Los Angeles neighbors, who had land...

Susan Lang | Ep 108

At eight months old, after being born in Hollywood, Susan was brought to her mother’s burnt homestead cabin in Pipes Canyon. The family f...

Karmolette O'Gilvie | Ep 107

Karmolette O’Gilvie, born and raised in Houston, Texas, has lived in 29 palms for 27 years. She and her husband of 38 years moved to 29 a...

Shana Rhodes |Ep 106

A native of Wisconsin, Shana Rhodes says she didn’t feel the connection she was hoping for in Portland when she decided to move there. In...

Heather Vescent | Ep 105

Heather recalls her first experience with desert was on a road trip with her grandmother and says that wasn't the one that put the deser...

Janet Armstrong Johnston | Ep 104

Listen to the episode here. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Janet became enamored with the desert while traveling through New Mexi...

Marie Bobin | Ep 103

Born in France, Marie Bobin's first experience with desert was a trip with friends to Death Valley. It was a last minute, 'let’s get out ...

Gay Smith | Ep 102

Teaching brought Gay Smith (left in photo above) to California, as after college graduation there was a glut of teachers on the east coas...

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