The Mojave by David Darlington
I have been looking forward to reading The Mojave by David Darlington for quite a while now. His subtitle is “A portrait of the definitive American desert” and as anyone that lives in the Mojave can tell you, that would be a challenging painting of words indeed.
As I will be reading this work along with you this month, I have not as yet formed an opinion as to whether he is up to the task, but the reading has been pleasant so far and I am quite optimistic. Let’s meet at the Tuttle’s incredible dome house at 7:00pm on April 3rd and hear what everybody has to say!
Steve and Mary Helen live in the Copper Mountain Mesa area, right off of a paved road. From down town JT, Turn North on Sunburst, Right on Golden, left on Border, keep your eyes out for Pole and Del Oro signs and turn right on Winters, with the street sign on the left hand side of the road and the large Book Club sign on your right. Drive 2 miles and turn right on Sunever. The dome is on the corner, I’ll mark it with a sign so you can’t miss it. If the weather is nice we will be outside to enjoy the 360 degree view, so bring a folding chair if you have one. —Kip
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.
