Mojave Memories

Puppy and the Thunderstorm

The shocking story of Cody and his dog Puppy. How parental drug abuse and neighborly misconduct affect the life of a young man and his dog. How his adoptive Family rallies around him and how a tremendous Thunderstorm exacts revenge on a careless neighbor. Listener discretion is advised; adult concepts and language.

Apache Tears:

The courageous and heart-warming story of how Mary turned in her abusive father and claimed her Life; how I adopted her and she became my Daughter. This story is full of Love and Community involvement and shows how when a Community comes together in love of a child, anything is possible.

Listener discretion is advised; this is not a story for young children or the hyper-sensitive.

child Erick and the challenges he has to overcome on his journey with the Boys and Girls club towards a Basketball championship. After the reading, Kjtel and Annelies talk about how important sports and physical exercise are in the development of children and their self-confidence and -esteem.

This episode gives us insight into the daily routine of getting Cody, Mary and Erick to the school bus five dusty, bumpy miles away. The wildlife they encounter, the moments shared with other local children waiting for the bus and the solitary moments Annelies experiences with her dogs and horse Candy Apple Red. Later, Kjtel and Annelies chat about rescuing Candy and bringing her home to be part of the growing Family of humans and creatures.

Annelies tells the painfully beautiful story of how Jim, a heartbroken, homeless stranger, walks over a hundred miles following his dog Hooch cross-country , to end up at her front door. Later, Annelies and Kjtel chat about how, years before she met Jim, Annelies heard her “God-voice” booming at her “The Man for you will come walking up to your door!” and how Jim had indeed walked from Lytle Creek to Copper Mountain Mesa, not knowing what to do or where to go, simply following the unfaltering Hooch!

Annelies Kuiper reads from her book Memory Dam. Chapters 3&4 cover her move to Sky Valley and then Copper Mountain Mesa in Joshua Tree California.

Annelies Kuiper reads from her book Memory Dam. Chapters 3&4 cover her move to Sky Valley and then Copper Mountain Mesa in Joshua Tree California.

This chapter entitled “Laundry Carts and Desert Highways” gives us deep insight into the journey that Annelies travelled on her way up to Copper Mountain Mesa and the lifestyle she claimed as a dirt poor, socially outcast, free at last authentic Woman. Later, Annelies addresses feedback from listeners about “The Elephant in the Room”.

Annelies reads a chapter from her book “Memory Dam” entitled “Cody and the Rattlesnake”. We are introduced to another of Annelies’ non-biological children Cody, as he protects her and her son Erick from a huge Rattlesnake on the porch. Later, Kjtel and Annelies chit-chat about personal snake encounters in the Mojave Desert.