Palm Desert resident chases one last dream before his time runs out

Written by barbara@dreamfoundation.org on May 3, 2012. Posted in In The Media

Palm Desert — For Arne Ljunggren of Palm Desert, learning to play the piano was a dream that simply would not go away.

When he hit the jackpot in 1987 on slot machines in Las Vegas, he spent $2,500 of his winnings to buy a mellow-sounding, ivory-colored Kohler & Campbell upright piano. For the past 25 years, the piano sat in his living room where Ljunggren poked at the keys.