Point Last Seen by Hanna Nyala at Ken in Wonder Valley
Come out to Wonder Valley on May 4th at 7pm to join Ken and Teresa Sitz in discussing one of our favorite desert books, Point Last Seen by Hannah Nyala. A true story of a woman learning to be a desert search and rescue tracker in our own Joshua Tree National Park, over 20 years ago. I’m warning you now - once you start reading you won’t put it down until it’s finished, and you will be looking forward to the sequel.
To get there from Joshua Tree, take Highway 62 east past where it zig zags. Watch for Shelton Road on your left (but don’t turn here). Shortly after Shelton, look for the white “Book Club” sign, past the emergency pull out on the north side of the road. Turn left on Gehr Road and then turn right on Sullivan, to the first and only driveway on the left. (Ken and Teresa have a free-standing solar panel in their front yard.) Can’t wait to see another beautiful Wonder Valley sunset!
Monday, May 4, 2015, 7PM
The Sitz Residence
Wonder Valley, CA (see driving directions above)
This is the eighth meeting of Kip’s Desert Book Club.
See Book Club homepage for more information on this monthly gathering
Every month from October 2014 until March 2020, Kip’s Desert Book Club gathered on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm in the home of a different resident of the Morongo Basin to discuss a book that in one way or another touches on the theme of “desert”.
Since the start of the pandemic, Kip has been hard at work making renovations to the kitchen and bathrooms at Copper Mountain Mesa Community Center, where he is the board President, and keeping their monthly USDA food drive alive. During this time, Kip’s Desert Book Club had largely been on pause, with the exception of a few virtual meetings. These virtual gatherings allowed us to welcome the participation of book club fans from beyond our local region.
Sixty-six books, more than seven years, and one pandemic later, Kip has decided to step back from being the primary book club organizer and join the rest of us as readers. Kip, we thank you for all the wonderful and eclectic desert books you’ve chosen over the years, as well as the unforgettable stories and knowledge you continue to share (if you know, you know!)
So, we are excited to announce that beginning in January 2022, our in-person book club will resume as the Desert Research Library Book Club (or DRL Book Club, for short). Each month, a member of the current Desert Research Library Artist Cohort will select a book from the library as that month’s book club selection.
