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.)
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 into that now. She happened to be educated in what was then one of the nation's best public school systems, studying alongside the children of nuclear physicists and other scientists from around the world: another unearned reward.
In her career as a journalist spanning more than four decades, Ms. Hedges did not win the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing either time she was up for it. Technically, she did win the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for photography, along with the entire staff of the Orange County Register, for coverage of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but that seems like another -- you guessed it: unearned reward. Other prizes she almost won include Jeopardy! (second place) and the Waynesville, Ohio, Sauerkraut Festival (also second place). She has, however, won numerous other awards (some of them earned). As a writer, editor, publisher, producer, and radio talk-show host, Dusty has worked in such exotic locales as Dayton, Ohio; Orange County and Los Angeles, California; New York City; and Eastern Europe, where for several hours a week she was the Voice of America to listeners in Prague.
Beyond journalism, Dusty has also worked as a circus clown, volunteer firefighter, emergency medical technician, and teacher of Reiki and qigong.
Dusty's latest gig feels like yet another in that series of unearned rewards: she's reporting from poolside in the desert as Managing Editor of Paradise on a Penny. Dusty invites you to join her poolside to enjoy the luxurious yet affordable lifestyle of one of the world's most legendary resorts. You deserve it.
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| 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 into that now. She happened to be educated in what was then one of the nation's best public school systems, studying alongside the children of nuclear physicists and other scientists from around the world: another unearned reward.
In her career as a journalist spanning more than four decades, Ms. Hedges did not win the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing either time she was up for it. Technically, she did win the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for photography, along with the entire staff of the Orange County Register, for coverage of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but that seems like another -- you guessed it: unearned reward. Other prizes she almost won include Jeopardy! (second place) and the Waynesville, Ohio, Sauerkraut Festival (also second place). She has, however, won numerous other awards (some of them earned). As a writer, editor, publisher, producer, and radio talk-show host, Dusty has worked in such exotic locales as Dayton, Ohio; Orange County and Los Angeles, California; New York City; and Eastern Europe, where for several hours a week she was the Voice of America to listeners in Prague.
Beyond journalism, Dusty has also worked as a circus clown, volunteer firefighter, emergency medical technician, and teacher of Reiki and qigong.
Dusty's latest gig feels like yet another in that series of unearned rewards: she's reporting from poolside in the desert as Managing Editor of Paradise on a Penny. Dusty invites you to join her poolside to enjoy the luxurious yet affordable lifestyle of one of the world's most legendary resorts. You deserve it.
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