About Dusty Hedges
Dusty Hedges is the nom de plume of a semi-retired journalist and inveterate adventurer who has been the lifelong beneficiary of unearned rewards, not least of which is her affordable yet luxurious Palm Springs home, complete with private backyard pool and spa, nestled on a sprawling fifth-acre in a quiet neighborhood about halfway between the Palm Springs Tramway and the former home of Frank Sinatra . (Coincidentally, Ms. Hedges also once lived in Mr. Sinatra's birthplace, Hoboken, New Jersey, and knows considerably more than the average person about the streets where he lived.) Dusty Hedges pauses at trail's end while hiking in Tahquitz Canyon near Palm Springs. An authentic midcentury modern, Ms. Hedges was born into a typical mid-1950s American nuclear family, which exploded into fragments during Eisenhower's second term. When the property was divvied up, she got to keep her Shirley Temple Doll, Davy Crockett hat, Mom, and baby brother. But let's not get ...