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An eclectic selection of stories and essays by Annelies Kuiper about living in the Mojave desert and growing up in Africa..

Annelies Kuiper & Kjtel Byers


    • Jan 11, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 14m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    Episode 10 Puppy and the Thunderstorm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 13:36


    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.

    Episode 09 Apache Tears

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 24:12


    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.

    Episode 08 “Shooting Hoops

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 12:32


    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.

    Episode 07 “Desert Education”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 12:12


    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.

    Episode 06 -Dentist & Desert Rain Storms

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 17:20


    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!

    Episode 01 - Memory Dam- SkyValley & Copper Mountain Mesa

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 19:52


    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.

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    Episode 01 - Memory Dam- SkyValley & Copper Mountain Mesa

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 19:45


    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.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 0:59


    Episode 05 - Laundry Carts and Desert Highways

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 15:06


    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”.

    Episode 04 Memory Dam - Cody and the Rattlesnake

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021 12:47


    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.

    Episode 03 - Memory Dam - Unfriendly Neighbors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 16:19


    Annelies reads chapter four from her book “Memory Dam”. Talk about having bad neighbors ! These neighbors are down right scary!

    Episode 02 - Memory Dam - Therapy, Broken Memory Dam

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 11:35


    Annelies reads chapter one, from her book “Memory Dam”. The chapter Covers her time before moving to the Mojave desert and the emotional reasons for that decision.

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