LAST DAY OF THE YEAR!
Pick up two cooked chickens at market for Beth. To Walmart after a try at Target to get some ornament storage boxes - see Tom Snow in Walmart parking lot. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and peanuts. Work at computer for awhile. Watch an episode of Entourage; then a documentary on Howard Hawks - which I don't finish - while I eat lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. True West with my And Action! ad is out. Beth is making enchiladas for her employers' family. I help a little (opening cans, etc.) Open mail. Help her load up her car and she takes off.

Bob Hoy at Work


Bob Hoy at Play

Haircut after meeting; then look for watch shop - not open. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and peanuts. Talk to brother bob. Work on computer. Start to watch Tropic Thunder DVD but lose interest; so watch an episode of Entourage; followed by a Billy Carson series Buster Crabbe PRC western with Al "Fuzzy" St. Johns while I eat lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail - no bank letter. Bring in mail and open it. Feed girls. Talk Bobby Hoy. Sweep house and clean side yard. Prepare dinner. Beth home and we talk. I cook and we eat. Then we watch CSI: Miami recording. Later ~

The Durango Kid (more than likely Jock Mahoney doubling Charles Starrett) LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO MISS, DOESN'T IT?

Stop by Office Depot on way home to pick up office supplies. Home and check e-mail and news sites with popcorn and girls. Answer a few e-mails and send a few of mine. Sister-in-law Eva calls. Waiting for letter from Glendale bank. Watch a couple of episodes of Entourage and catch up. Then watch Blazing the Western Trail, an early Durango Kid. In this one his identity is revealed in the end - and, his screen name isn't Steve. I have lunch while watching Durango. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls then open mail. Check e-mail. Clean yard and sweep house. Put away dishes. Work on computer. Beth home; we talk. I make dinner and we eat. She showers, then we both work in office. Later ~

Gene Autry on Champion - Melody Ranch: 1955

Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall. I up and shower. Dress and make breakfast. Eat and read paper. Trim beard. Beth home and does my pills; then she's off to her work. I spend some time on computer then I off to meet her at her place of employment. I help in a group (family) picture session by shooting entire family; then I shot some behind the scenes of the rest of the shoot. Have lunch with all then I head home. Down for nap at home with girls. Up and Beth arrives. I feed girls. Both of us into office where she makes phone calls and I download photographs. After awhile, she makes a salad for dinner and we eat. She showers then reads paper while I watch an episode of Entourage. Later ~

With Ed Mohler

Grocery shopping after meeting. Beth to shop for then to work at her employers' home. I to our house and unload and put away groceries. Check e-mail and news sites with girls at my side. Have some peanuts, too. Talk Ross and Beth calls. Watch two episodes of Entourage while I eat lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and Beth has fed girls. Mail is late. Beth vacuums and mops - dusts. I work on computer for awhile. Mail is finally here, Open it. Beth makes some phone calls. Watch Huckabee. Ed Mohler (my old Corriganville fight partner) calls from Louisianna. She makes soup for dinner; I make small salads. We eat. She in to shower early. Then we watch the second hour of The White House documentary. Later ~

THEN (30-years ago)


NOW ~

HAPPY DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS!!!
Chilly with some wind. Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Beth is at work at her employers' place. putz around with computer. Off to Sam's Club and shop for Hall. Home and drop stuff I bought for us. To City Wok in Palm Desert for lunch with Harry Baddely, Tom Snow, Norman Foster, and David Bradshaw. We talk and have a nice lunch. Home - stop for an ice cream at Nader's on way home. Once home, I down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it. Drive down to bank and exchange Beth's rolled quarters for cash. Home.

Changeling

MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY!!!
To meeting with Beth in her car - wore Santa hat. Home and we putz around for awhile - read papers; check e-mails and news sites on computers. Talk to sister Shannon in Phoenix. Take a drive to Weinerscnhitzel off Washington and they're closed - end up having Jack and the Box for lunch. Wind starts up. Home and I down for nap. Beth makes some phone calls. Up and she's fed girls. She's rolling coins. Then we watch Clint Eastwood's Changeling. During the movie Beth's employers' gardener, Luis, by with some Tamales. Finish movie and we have several of those Tamales. Both to office and work. Later ~

MERRY CHRISTMAS from SANTA!!!!

Stop at Office Depot on way home from meeting and get a little stocking stuffer. Once home I check e-mail and news sites. Work on computer for awhile. Watch three episodes of Entourage and finally catch up. Beth calls and eat lunch while viewing TV. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls and open mail. Clean up side yard and sweep floors. Beth home and we open some presents. Have a chip and dip dinner. She showers. We watch an hour of first White House Show doc. Merry Christmas - God Bless - Later ~

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Lodge Family

Leave meeting early and go pick up my brother, Bob, and we drive into Glendale to finish up some paper work concerning Uncle George's death last year- less than two hours drive in. Get a bite at Rubios then take care of business.Back home in two hours. Drop Bob and get a chili dog as a late lunch. Home and feed girls. Down for quick hour nap. Up and do some chores - change light bulbs; put away dishes; clean yard and sweep floors. Beth home and we talk. I make dinner and we eat. Watch recording of CSI: Miami. Later ~

Pix go from bottom up - Dick Jones on Buffalo Bill, Jr. stunt into mud - shaking hands with with producer, Mandy Shafer

Stop at Office depot on way home after meeting to have some papers Xeroxed for Beth. Gas up; then home. Check e-mail and news sites. Beth calls. Work for awhile - popcorn with girls. Window washers here. Leave. I watch an episode of Entourage while I eat lunch. Down for nap early with girls. Up and bring in mail and UPS packages. Brother Bob and Eva here to sign some papers; then we to bank to get several signatures guaranteed. On to Postal Place for a notary. Bob leaves and I stay to mail stuff off. Home. Clean up a bit. Beth home and we go over what I did today. Cook and we eat. Into office and write here. Put out trash. Both to office. Hi to Charlie and Judy in Canada! - Later ~

More party pics from yesterday

Sleep in day for me. Beth up and off to Hall. I up 5:45 - shower and dress; breakfast with paper; vacuum house. Beth home. We talk; then she dives into cleaning house; while I disassemble old radio and CD system, moving it all to my car. Then we move out TV to get to plugs and set up new Bose radio and CD system. We have lunch. Beth off to her place of employment to meet a security system worker. I down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. James Jenkins calls from Florida re: March AZ trip. Feed girls. Beth home and works in office. I sit with her. Finish up some chores around house, then cook and we eat while watching Huckabee. Work in office for awhile. She washes her hair. Later ~

Grocery shopping after meeting then gas up at Nader's station. Nearly get hit turning into station - never saw the guy coming, missed by inches. Home and put away food. Check e-mail and news sites. Beth home from Edie's and we get ready and take off for Gerber's Christmas Party in Orange County. Two hours exactly. Good food; good friends; lotta laughs; Both sisters there - Sharon and Carol; plus Sharon and Bill's kids and grand kids. Hop on freeway for home around 5:00. Lotta' traffic though we make it home in just over two hours. Open mail and download photos. Get ready for bed. Later ~

Rembering a Good Man - Frank Q. Dobbs

Stop and talk with Nader at Exxon Station on way home. Home and check e-mail and news sites. My script arrived at its destination and results will be forthcoming in a month or so. Receive and send some e-mails. Over to Beth's place of employment to assist her in jockeying cars to Bermuda Dunes airport - her employers are flying in early to miss some expected bad weather. Home and lunch while watching an episode of Entourage. Down for nap with girls. Up and sign for UPS packages (Bose radio and CD player she ordered on QVC). Call Beth and she's frantically getting things prepared for the arrival. Open the mail. Feed the girls. To office and work for awhile. Sweep floors and clean yard. Talk Beth who's waiting at airport. Unpack Bose system, Beth home and I fix dinner. We eat and talk. Then we watch recording of Without a Trace. Later ~

Snow from our front yard

No rain - just cold.
Gas up on way home from meeting - check e-mail and news sites. Dive into last few pages of script re-write. Talk Beth. More writing and finish around 10:30. With help from Mark I put script into .pdf. Stop for lunch and an episode of Entourage. Beth's employer's UPS packages arrive. Call her - feed girls then down for nap. Up and open mail. Work in office where I send off script. Sweep floors and put out trash. Beth meeting a friend for dinner. I have bowl of cereal; watch O'Reilly ending. To office. Send a few e-mails. Beth home. We watch NCIS recording. Office together. Later ~

With George Kennedy


Hotwire set - Frank Q. Dobbs, Director (center)


With Strother Martin

STEADY RAIN (all day)
Gas up after meeting then home. Check e-mail and news sites. Continue re-writing until I stop for lunch and watch episode of Entourage while eating. Work on script then down for nap with girls. Up and out in rain for mail. Feed girls. Open mail. Back to office and script. Talk to Beth and to Snow. Beth has hair appointment at 5:00. I fix dinner. Beth home and we eat. Both to office as it's too late for TV. Work for awhile. Later ~

Christmas 2008 at the Lodges

Between Storms (they say) ~
Stop at Office Depot on way home from meeting to look for something for Beth. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls, peanuts and pretzels. Go through the script again. Mail comes early. Stop to have lunch. Eat with an episode of Entourage. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls; open mail. Sweep floors and pick up in side yard. Back to the script. I've cut it by 10 more pages and added some stuff at the same time. Guy e-mails that he'd like a copy of The Honkers. Beth home and we talk. She makes a nice salad and we eat. Both to office. Then we watch recording of CSI: Miami. Later ~

Old Hollywood - "Balls Out!"

RAIN
Leave meeting early for an 8:00 a.m. skin doctor appointment. Change cars with Beth. Biopsy shows no cancer. He sprays a few squirts here and there and that's it. Drop off handicapped sign to Beth and my car. She's off to Sam's later. Home and check e-mail and news sites. Work on script until 11:00. Watch episode of Entourage while I have lunch. Lie down and wait for UPS. He arrives at 1:15 with package he couldn't deliver last Friday. Then down for nap. Up and feed girls. Out in rain to get mail. Open mail. Back to of ice and continue working of rewrite. Beth home and we bring in her stuff. Talk.
Getting Colder
Make us some soup and we eat. Both to office and work. Later ~

Herman Hack (R) and friend looking for a Hollywood Western movie job in the early 1930s (Gower Gulch?)

Still have cold.
Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall. I up 6:15. Shower and dress. Breakfast with paper and girls. Trim beard. Putz around in office. Beth home. We talk. Clean up front porch from the wind last night. Knocked over two Christmas trees, decorations, and a Poinsettia. She cleans house. Make us some lunch and we eat. She off to her place of employment. I down for nap with girls. Up and Beth is home - she's fed girls. Spend some time on computer. Beth talks to Shannon. Watch Fox show on Illinois Governor scandal. Eat dinner. To office and both work. Brian Potter calls. Bed early. Later ~

Beth took the above photos at Carol Castro's Christmas Party

I have a fu**king cold.
Sleep in while she heads off to meeting. Up around 7:00 and shave - then make breakfast and eat. Work on script for awhile blowing nose every few minutes. Beth home and does a few things before she take off to do nails and see coin collectors. I down for hour nap; up and watch episode of Entourage with lunch. Down for afternoon nap. Up and shower and dress. Feed girls and pills. Bring in mail and open it. Beth home and we decide I will not go to Carol Castro's party tonight. She changes and drives to la Quinta for the party. I microwave a small pizza and watch Harry Tracy: Desperado, with Bruce Dern. Beth home and she showers. I download her photos. We talk. Later ~

Dan the Plumber Under Our Sink

Think I'm getting a cold. Been using Zicam for a day or two.
On way home from meeting I stop by and talk to Nader at station. Home and check e-mail and and news sites. Continue work on my rewrite. Off to new Imaging place to get sonogram of my kidney. Drop off paper to Beth at work. Home and Dan the plumber here and switches the hot-cold water lines that the other plumber installed wrong yesterday. Watch an episode of Entourage while I eat lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up from nap with full-fledged cold -nose dripping. Medicate for cold. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail. Work a little on rewrite. Sweep floors and clean up side yard. Back to rewriting. Beth home and help her unload. She fixes a soup dinner while I continue to work on script. We eat and talk. Watch CSI: Vegas. Two-parter - Grissom's last episode. To office and write here. Later ~

My SAA Colt

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with popcorn and girls. Dive into rewriting. Heating man here to fix heater. He leaves. More work on script. Beth by for some of her employers' things she was storing. She leaves and I watch a couple of episodes of Entourage while I eat lunch. Work some more on script; then down for nap. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it. Back to office and work on script until Beth gets home. Help her bring stuff in. We talk. Fix dinner and we eat. To office and work while she washes her hair. We watch second half of The Monarchy recording. Later ~

My friend Rod Timanus on camera for TV show

Bill White and John Hardee follow me home to pick up ABC Christmas presents - John gets in read-end wreck but we don't realize it until Kim calls. Bill is able to load all into his car so we're OK. Beth and Bill drove to the wreck site and John is OK.
I check e-mail and news sites waiting for plumber. He arrives and we find we need a new faucet. He leaves I call Beth and she'll pick one up. E-mail from Rod Timanus with photo of him being taped for TV Show. Meantime I find I must do some work on an old script so I get it all set up. Beth here with new faucet. I call plumber and make appointment for tomorrow. Back to work on script. Watch episode of Entourage while I eat lunch; then down for nap with girls. Up in hour and bring in mail and open it. Feed the girls; then back to work on script until I sweep and clean up yard. More work on script until Beth gets home. Help her unload. We talk then we eat. Watch an episode of The Mentalist recorded on Tuesday. Get ready for bed and write here. Later ~

The Lone Ranger

By Albertson's after meeting to buy peanuts and present. To Sherry's for haircut; then home. Check e-mail and news sites. Big news story is Illinois governor is arrested for trying to sell Obama's senate seat. Wait for plumber but he calls and cancels. Make appointment for tomorrow. To Sam's Club and pick up our Christmas cards; then over to Smart & Final for seat covers for Hall. Home and eat lunch while watching an episode of Entourage. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it. Work on Christmas label list in office. Sweep floors and clean up side yard. Work some more on list. Beth home and we talk, then after I cook, we eat. Watch CST: Miami while Beth stamps envelopes for cards. To office while she showers. Later ~

Kid Courageous - 1935 Bob Steele on Right


Camp Runamuck Set - 1965


Adventures of Captain Africa (Columbia 1955). Director Spencer Bennet is seated in the director's chair next to camera.

Leave meeting early and home to pick up paper then Beth at Ramona Tire where she left her car. Drop her at her employers' place then on to Smart & Final - turn around when I realize I didn't get her S&F discount card. Home and check e-mail and news sites while snacking with girls. Work at computer for awhile. Watch two episodes of Entourage with lunch. Down for nap. Up and feed girls. bring in mail and open it. Got a DVD. Work in office. Call about sonogram of my kidney and need to find another place. Call Glenda and she'll make new appointment for me. Sweep floors and clean up side yard. UPS delivers three DVDs. Talk Beth. Write some here. Beth calls: She'll be late. Watch TV and start dinner. She finally home and I help her unload - then we eat. After dinner we both to office and do some work. Later ~