Gunbelts worn by Roy Rogers through the years


Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites. Work on several projects. Dave Cass calls and I tell him about the HCTB anniversary dinner. He was sorry he couldn't make it. Besides directing for the Hallmark Channel, Dave's busy writing a out the old days. We must have spent a half hour talking and reminiscing. To living room to watch Check Your Guns with Eddie Dean and Roscoe Ates. Have lunch while doing so. Call Beth to check in. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Work at computer. Mail; get neighbors' mail as they are out of town. Work in office. Beth picks me up and we to get flu shots. Home and she fixes dinner. Eat with Bill O'Reilly. After, to office and both work. We'll probably watch the CSI: Miami we recorded last night then hit the hay. Later ~

Here Come the Brides cast & crew (1968)


Night shooting on the Here Come the Brides set (1968)


David Soul, Steve Lodge. Robert Brown, Bobby Sherman

Meet Ross at meeting and give him the DVD I burned for him of American Hot Wax. Good to see him. He lives in La Quinta and doesn't get up here that often. Home and check e-mail and news sites. Popcorn with the girls. To living room and watch Spoilers of the Plains with Roy Rogers and Penny Edwards. A Rocky Lane western follows and I eat lunch while watching that one. Call Beth at work to check in. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls; open mail. Pick up neighbors' mail - they are in LA for as few days. To office and catch up on some work. Beth home and we eat. She showers then we watch recording of Without a Trace. Later ~

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If any Here Come the Brides fans are reading this:
I want you all to know that Beth and I really enjoyed meeting and dining with you at The Smoke House last Saturday evening. I look forward to hearing from any of you who would like to write (my e-mail address is on my web site at the bottom of each page.
Thanks again for all the fun!
Steve

Carol with gift from the fans


Robert with the fans


Beth's dad's parents' house where she once lived


Beth's Pasadena house where she grew up

Up in Burbank Hotel 5:30. Hi to Beth and we talk about last night's party. Shower and dress; she does same. To dining room for small breakfast. Pack it all up and we leave around 9:45. Drive around Columbia (now Warner Bros.) Ranch to look at the outside changes and remember the old days. Then we jump on freeway and head for home. Stop in Glendale and look at Uncle George's old home. The new owners said they were going to restore the house (built in 1913) but when Beth went to the door she found it was being occupied by renters and nothing at all had been done to restore the building. Then on to Pasadena Where we drove around to both her paternal and maternal grand parents homes; plus her old home and took pictures. Back on freeway and on to the desert. Stop for a hamburger, then on to our house. Girls very happy to see us. LeRoy the girls' sitter happy, too. He leaves. We unpack. Clean the floors; then I down for nap. Up and write here. Read paper with Beth. She fixes dinner and we eat. She showers and we watch recording of CSI: Miami we recoreded last Monday. Later ~

With Robert Brown


With Carol Czyzewski - The Hostess


40th Anniversary Dinner for Here Come the Brides Cast & Fans

Grocery shopping after meeting, gas up Expedition, then home; unload and put away stuff. Sam painted office floor so use laptop. Beth home and we talk. Fix some lunch and we eat. LeRoy shows up to sit for girls. We finish packing then load up and drive to Burbank. Check into hotel and nap. Up and get ready. Off for Here Come the Brides reunion dinner at Smoke House across from Warner Bros. studios. Wonderful 40th Anniversary Dinner and get together for Here Come the Brides Cast and Fans. Saw some old friends and met new ones. Beth and I both had a ball. Back to hotel. Later ~

Ken Maynard in his prime


Ken Maynard in his golden years

Stop by Nader's station then home after meeting. Check e-mail and news sites. Snack with girls. Sam Cropper here painting our bedroom. Later moves to living room. I work at computer. Drop UPS to Beth and pick up our ironing. Meet Harry Baddely, Tom Snow, George Widman and Norman Foster for lunch at City Wok. To KOHL's and buy pair of pants for weekend. Home. Feed girls and down for nap. Up and back to office to work some more. Beth home and we eat. Watch first debate. I come in here after an hour and a half - she's still watching. Later ~

Filming a Scene for The Fugitive at Corriganville Lake


Silvertown Main Street at Corriganville


Gene Autry at Corriganville Lake

Straight home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with popcorn and the girls at my side. Work on a few projects. One was to finish reading and comment on a friend's manuscript. Watch Stars Over Texas with Eddie Dean and Roscoe Ates; partially filmed at Corriganville. Lunch with TV; then down for nap. Up and feed girls. Rubbish bin out. Office and work on several more projects. Beth home and we drive to Indio for dinner at Mimi's with Kim and John & Bill and Sunny. They discuss ABC alumni stuff. Home and check e-mail then: Later ~

Johnny Mack Brown on left; Jane Adams second from right; others unidentified

Drop my friend Peter off at College of the Desert after morning meeting. Home and check e-mail and news sites with popcorn and girls at my side. Work on projects. Watch Comanche Station with Randolph Scott and Claude Akins. Lunch while viewing a Gene Autry TV Show. Call Beth; then down for nap. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it. Big box on porch. To office and work in afternoon. Beth home and we eat. She to H&I Meeting. I talk Jeff Sneller. She home and we watch recording of NCIS. Office and: Later ~

Pictures in our hall and entrance-way before painting

Pick up Beth's Xeroxing at Office Depot on way home; stop and see Nader. Sam Cropper waiting for me when I arrive home. Let him in and he begins setting up to paint by taking down pictures. I check e-mail and news sites. Listen to RL. Talk Beth. Sam paints hall while I work. Girls are banished to back yard and they don't particularly like it. I watch the rest of The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing while Sam paints parts of the living room - we both have lunch in different locations. Movie over, I call Beth; say "later" to Sam and hit the hay with the girls. Up and Sam is gone. Mail and feed girls. Open mail - stuff from trust attorney. Put all the pictures back on walls in entrance-way and hall. Work in office. Beth home[ we talk. Fix dinner and we eat. She does an extra pill box for me. She watches recording of last night's Dancing With the Stars, while I work in office. We watch CSI: Miami. Later ~

Col. Texas Bob Reinhardt

Stop at Office Depot on way home from meeting to drop off some projects for Beth. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Tom the window washer and his helper here to wash solar panels. Sam Cropper here to drop off some paint and to check sample colors for hall. I to bank, then on over to Beth' place of employment to drop off paper. She isn't anywhere to be found so I leave paper and message, then return home. Watch Colt .45 with Randolph Scott while I have lunch. Talk Beth. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Mail. Letter from Col. Texas Bob Reinhardt who read my And Action! book and liked it. Work in office. LeRoy by to get his house key. Talk while Misty jumps all over him. Write a little here. Work some more in office. Beth home. We talk. Fix dinner and we eat. I to office. She off to Indio Jail with panel. She home later. I will try to wait up for her. Later ~

Tina Hiddleston (on left)

Up 3:30 - shower and breakfast. Beth up - then we to Hall. Eric and Susan are on vacation so I help her today. Home. We talk; both tired. Turn on golf. I to living room for some football and a small lunch. I down for nap early; and she to sit with Tina Hiddleston who's dying from cancer. I up and feed girls. Beth home. We spend afternoon with TV, reading and computers. Dinner; she waters outside. I talk Tom Snow. Both to office. Prepare for bed. Later ~

Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and unload and put away. Talk to Beth. She cleans floor; I work in office. Take off for San Bernardino at 10:45. Meet Beth's brother, Bruce, and his family at Mexican restaurant in SB for birthday lunch for both Beth and Bruce. Talk, eat, enjoy ourselves; then leave around 2:30. Stop at Sam's Club where she shops for Hall while I gas up Expedition. Call Tom Snow and James Jenkins while waiting for her. Load car and we drive home. No dinner. Watch pay for view movie - Vantage Point. Good show. Office and call my old friend Richard Lapp. She showers and: Later ~

Buster Crabbe and Al "Fuzzy" St. John

Stop by Nader's station on way home to say hi and pick up snack; then on home and check e-mail and news sites. Talk Beth. Tom Snow calls to tell me a PRC Western is on - so I to living room and watch Prairie Rustlers with Buster Crabbe and Fuzzy St. John. To office then on to lunch at Baker's Square with Harry Baddely, Tom Snow, David Bradshaw and Norman Foster. By Beth place of employment and pick up ironing; bring it home. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Open mail. Make hotel reservation for a week from Saturday for the Here Come the Brides Reunion Dinner at the Burbank Smoke House. Beth home and we talk. She cooks stir fry veggies and we eat. Both to office and work. Later ~

With my sister, Linda

Problem keeping pills down. To Hall for chores. Talk to friends. On to Eisenhower for blood draw. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Transfer American Hot Wax to DVD for Ross. To living room and watch Ghost Town Renegades with Lash LaRue and Fuzzy St. John while eating lunch. Bring in mail. Call Beth. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Open mail. To office and putz for a while on computer. Beth late as she has hair appointment. She finally home and we talk, eat, and watch Fox TV News Shows. Put out trash. Both to office. Later ~

Gene Autry

Stop by Nader's gas station on way home. Home and check e-mail and news sites while eating snack with girls. Talk Beth. To skin doctor and have some work done on skin cancers. Home and eat while watching a Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy St. John western and a Gene Autry movie after that Trail to San Antone. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Open mail. To office and work. Beth home and we talk. Dinner with Bill O'Reilly and Hannity & Colmes Sara Palin interview. She waters. Both to office to work and watch Greta show on Sara e-mail hacking story. Later ~

Southwestern Desert

Home after meeting to check e-mail and news sites. Work a little on a few things. Watch the conclusion of a Gene Autry Movie I'd left for later; and a GA TV episode with lunch. Call Beth and check in. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. To office and putz around. Call Tom Snow.

Jane Adams with Duncan Renaldo

Home after meeting; check e-mail and news sites. To bank for Beth. Home and work on finding family story. Ed Mohler calls from Louisiana to let me know he's OK. Watch The Cheyenne Social Club the entire movie; and have lunch at same time. Talk Beth. Bring in mail. Down for nap. Up and feed girls. Open mail. Call Beth. To office and write. Beth home and we talk - pull out leftovers and have dinner. Watch some O'Reilly. To office. Later ~

With Ed Mohler

Sleep-in day. Beth up and to Hall. I up 6:30; shower, dress and have breakfast with paper. Beth home and we talk. She does my pills for two weeks. We to market and pick up egg rolls for her MDD meeting at noon. I to office and have egg rolls for lunch as her committee begins to arrive, I down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Beth in kitchen; her committee outside smoking. I back to office and try call Ed Molher in Louisiana. Some of committee still here at 4:45. All leave. I in and Beth and I talk. Fix a quick a quick dinner and we eat, She to office, I TV - first football, then some of The Cheyenne Social Club. Get ready and to bed. Later ~

With David Janssen on The Fugitive set - 1965

Grocery shopping after meeting; home, unload and put away. Check e-mail and news sites. Watch some coverage of hurricane Ike. Beth home from her nail appointment, Sam Cropper here and we talk about Sam painting more walls. Sam leaves. Fix some lunch and Beth and I eat. I down for nap. She cleans house. Up and feed girls. To computer and work. To kitchen and prepare dinner. We eat as USC vs, Ohio State game begins. Continue watching game while she works on her computer. Later ~

Norman Foster


David Bradshaw


Tom Snow and Harry Baddely

Stop and drop off book and buy stamps at Palm Desert post office after meeting; then on to Office Depot for ink cartridges for Beth. Stop by Nader's station; then on home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and corn nuts. Work for awhile on projects. Talk Beth, Meet Harry Baddely; Tom Snow; Norman Foster; and David Bradshaw at Mimi's for lunch. Home and down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Open mail. Back to office and work rest of afternoon. Beth home. We talk and relax. I fix dinner and we eat. I watch some TV coverage of hurricane IKE. Both to office. Later ~

Gene and Roy

Stop by Nader's station and fill up on way home from meeting. Home and check e-mail and news sites. Work some on family story. Talk Beth. Lunch with Roy and Gene in separate westerns; some Man Who Loved Cat Dancing with Burt Reynolds. Fed Ex from attorney - Bob and I need to sign and send back. Talk Eva and Beth. Down for nap. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it. I sign documents and Beth by in Rolls to sign her papers. She leaves and I to post office and mail docs to attorney. Home and write some. Beth by and we to bank and open a safe deposit box. Home and I fix dinner and we eat. She makes phone calls. Put out trash for tomorrow. Both to office. Later ~

With my brother, Colin Livers

To Edie's after meeting to meet bug man who sprays house. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. To Sherry's for haircut; stop at jewelery store for screw for Beth's earring. Home. Computer. Watch City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold while eating lunch. Talk Beth and Ross. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Office and work. Start non-fiction book on finding families. Beth calls - small computer on QVC she wants me to see. Bob Ingram by to pick up ironing. Work on new project for awhile. Turn on Bill O'Reilly. Beth home. We talk - she gets phone call. I to office. Cook and we eat. Both to office, then bed. Later ~

Fort Union, North Dakota, on the Missouri River

Stop at Ramona Tire after meeting to set up time for lube and oil change on Expedition. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. To hearing aid office for three month tuneup. Drop Expedition at Ramona and Tony drives me home. Work at computer and listen to Rush. Watch last half of Live free or Die Hard on HBO while eating. Talk Beth. Down for nap. Up and feed girls. Make appointment for haircut tomorrow. Open mail. Office and work for a while. Beth home and we talk. Fix dinner and we eat. Both to office; she does paperwork, I write here.

Beautiful Deadwood, South Dakota

Grocery shopping after meeting, home and put away; check e-mail. To bank to make deposits; to Office Depot to buy new shredder. Home and set it up. Computer for awhile. Have lunch with James Garner in Support Your Local Gunfighter. Talk Beth. Down for nap. Up and feed girls. Open mail - rejection from publisher for WT. Work at computer and answer e-mail until Beth gets home. Talk with her. Fix dinner and we eat. She calls Sidney, Mt. I into office to write here. We'll hit the hay early, I'll bet. Later ~

Jean - Head of the Motel's Dining Room in Sidney, Mt.

Sleep in day. Beth up and to Hall. I up and shower and dress; breakfast with paper. Roll out vacuum and do back of house (baths and bedrooms) before Beth gets home. We drive to ABC club for monthly alumni breakfast - joined by the Whites, as usual. Shop on way home at S&F - check Edie's mail. Home and talk. I down for long nap - still feel pain in rib and weak legged. Up and talk with her. We to Sam's Club and she shops for Hall while I get car washed and pick up tostadas. Pick her up with supplies and home. We eat with girls at feet. She watches Sara Palin documentary again - I write here. It'll be bed early tonight for tomorrow begins our old routine once again. Later ~

Some Trip Pics

Up in Goodyear, AZ - breakfast; pack and leave at 8:00 AM. Drive home and arrive at 11:30. Hi to girls. Bob the dog sitter here and we thank him and say goodbye. Unpack the Expedition. Put stuff away. Fix a simple lunch for both of us. I down for nap. She works in office on bills. She feeds girls. I up and check e-mail and download pics from vacation. We talk; then to living room and watch Fox Bio doc on Sara Palin. Call in pizza order and I go and pick it up. Eat with girls. Both to office to catch up. Later ~

Lv Santa Fe, NM area and drive through AZ; stopping for some petrified wood and at the giant meteor crater. Through Flagstaff; through Phoenix and stop for night in Goodyear, AZ. Mexican dinner; room; TV; bed. Later ~