Dave Cass, Frank Dobbs, and yours truly polishing Rio Diablo in del Rio motel room before presenting script to Happy Shahan who wanted his client, Johnny Rodriguez to star - 1974

With Dave Cass, Frank Dobbs, and Jack Lilly the day we dropped off Rio Diablo script to Kenny Rogers on his Gambler movie set - 1992

Shower door falls off before shower so I use Beth's.
Stop at Office Depot on way home from meeting to get some Xeroxing done for Beth. Home and check e-mail ans news sites with girls and pretzels. Talk to Jimmy George and package has arrived in Montana; plus a response. Work at computer. Beth calls to tell me my iPhone isn't working. I drive to AT&T. Take a fall stepping up to sidewalk - no broken bones and only a small scratch on elbow - thank you Lord! Into store and guy fixes phone in a minute. Home then on to Mimi's to meet Tom Snow, Norman Foster, and David Bradshaw for lunch. Home and have dessert. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Put away boys next door's trash bin. Feed girls. Jimmy calls again and there's been more communication. Talk to Beth. Worker coming over to get shower door working again. He arrives and works in bathroom. He off and I call Beth. Talk to Tommy again. Beth home and we talk. fix dinner and we eat. After some work in office, we watch recording of an Elizabeth Taylor biography on TV. Later ~

Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette in Melody Trail -1935

Buster Keaton; Fatty Arbuckle; Al St. John aka: "Fuzzy"

Stop by Von's after meeting but don't buy anything. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips and dip. Talk to Jimmy George in Mississippi for awhile. Work at computer. Talk to Beth. Jimmy calls back and we talk some more. Watch some TV for awhile - finish watching Gene Autry and 15-year old Ann Rutherford in Melody Trail (shot at Garner Ranch in 1935). Beth home for a few minutes; brings in mail. I eat and she nibbles mine. She leaves and I finish up Melody Trail. Down for nap with girls. Up at 1:45. Open mail and read the new People magazine. Work at computer. Talk to Tom about location of tomorrow's lunch. Look at a few things on youtube.com. Beth home and after she waters, we talk. She talks to Tommy; then gets another call from Shannon. I to office while she talks. To kitchen and talk to Shannon a minute. Fix dinner and we eat. She washes her hair. I take out trash. Both to office. Later ~

Sometimes it can get so hot, only a piece of shade will fix it

Beth's natal birthday today. She liked my present - I gave her a gift card to shop in her favorite store instead of something she would have had to take back because it wasn't what she wanted.
Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and potato chips and dip. Call Tommy - he got up too late and missed meeting - then talked to Jimmy George for a long time. Talk to Beth. Watch some TV. Have some lunch. Down for nap early. Up and bring in mail. Talk to Beth. Open mail. To office and talk to Tommy Snow. Work at computer. Clean side yard; sweep floors. Beth home and we talk over her birthday dinner of Ruby's Fish Tacos. Ron from next door by with plants for us to keep and water while they head off to Santa Fe for vacation. Beth off to H&I Meeting. I work at computer. Talk to Tommy again. Beth home. Later ~

Lash and Fuzzy - buddies on and off the screen

Stop at Sherry's for a long-needed haircut on way home from meeting. By Sherry's new shop to check location. On by market to pick up sandwich for lunch. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and potato chips and dip. Call Jimmy George. Talk to Beth. Work at computer for awhile. Listen some Rush. Locksmith here to assist us with a lock. Then I watch an old Lash LaRue, Fuzzy St. John western on the Western Channel; while I eat a half of the sandwich for lunch. Down for nap with girls early. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Try Tom Snow. My cell phone is bugging me - could be the blue tooth. Work on that awhile. Tom calls. Beth calls. Sharpen some pencils for Beth. Clean up side yard. Sweep floors. Sharpen the rest of the pencils. Beth home and we talk. I fix dinner and we eat. Dessert. Both work on different projects. Later ~

Virginia and Happy Shahan - RIP

Alamo Village with Rio Diablo company shooting

Leave meeting early and do blood work at CC and Monterey. Gas up at Nader's. Home and check e-mail and news sites with potato chip, dip and girls. Talk Beth. Talk Jimmy; Talk to Tom; Talk to Beth. Out to buy Beth's birthday present then home again. Watch third episode of new season of Entourage. No lunch. Down for nap early. Up with chest bruise...? Bring in mail; feed girls; open mail. Call Beth. To office and talk to Tom Snow. Call Jimmy George. SClean up side yard; sweep floors. Putz on computer - send Bob Hoy IMDb.com. Beth home and picks up check from Ted; to bank to cash it; then back home. We talk. I fix dinner and we eat. Both to office to work on separate projects. Take out trash. Later ~

Mexican Restaurant in San Bernardino

Sleep in day: she up and off to Hall early followed by me at 6:00. Shower and dress. Have breakfast with paper and girls. Trim beard. Beth back early as she's now leaving earlier because of heat. Call Tommy; call Bob Hoy. Putz on computer while she works on a few things; then we take off for San Bernadino where we meed her brother, Bruce and his girl friend, Sharon for a Mexican lunch. Talk and get acquainted. Drive home by 2:30. Feed girls and I down for nap. Beth o ff to MDD meeting at Hall. She calls and needs help counting ribbons. Tom Snow calls. Beth home and she continues work on MDD stuff. I fix dinner and we eat. Dessert. Both to office and finish up. Later ~

Cast of The Right Stuff

Grocery shopping after meeting; home, unpack and put away stuff. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips and dip. Beth home and she has some chips and dip, too. I try Hoy and leave message. Beth dives into house cleaning. I fix us an early lunch and we eat. I down for nap with girls while Beth continues cleaning. Up and bring in mail. Open mail for Beth. Try call Tom Snow. Jimmy George calls - script is on way to Molen and Jimmy talked to him today. Call from Tom Weaver and we continue the KOS interview. Afterward, reach Tommy and we talk - also Beth talks to him. Watch some of Robber's Roost on Western Channel. Office for a minute; then Huckabee at 5:00. Fix a chips and salsa dinner. She has a few things to do then we watch The Right Stuff recorded earlier. Later ~

Our "Clean" Girls

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and Ritz Crackers. Call Bobby Hoy and say Hi. Leave message for Jimmy George. Take girls to groomer at 9:00 and drop them off with Beth's help. Home and work at computer. Lie back on couch for rest and Jimmy Calls. We talk for awhile. Then I drive to Chinese place near Pavilions for lunch with Tom Snow. Norman joined us for a minute. I show Tommy where Stone's dialysis unit is. He wants to talk to them about changing units. I home and have some whipped cream with girls. Talk Beth; then down for nap. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail and open it for Beth. My new sandals arrive. To office to work some. Clean side yard; sweep floors. Talk Tommy - he can do dialysis at Eisenhower. Beth home and unloads Expedition. Trish Mohr here and they bring all MMD info up to date. I watch Fox in office. Eat left-over lunch for dinner and give half to Beth after Trish leaves. We watch 2nd part of Rush interview on Greta. Try to get a new gadget to work to no avail. Get ready and both to bed. Later ~

Kingdom of the Spiders set - Camp Verde, Arizona - 1977

Talk with Paul before meeting about AA friends in S.F. Valley. Stop at car wash after meeting to get Expedition washed after finding a note from Beth that read Get your filthy car washed! Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Talk Eric. Leave message for John Flynn in LA. Drive to Sam's Club where I meet Eric and we shop for Hall. Have hot dog lunch together; John Flynn calls back; then Eric off to Hall and I home with dessert. Call Bobby Hoy and we talk. After that call Beth. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Open mail for Beth then feed girls. Read article on KOS sent by Tom Weaver, Talk to Tom Snow. Work on cmopouter. Beth home and scurries about. Bob Hoy calls but has to cancel as he has another call. Beth and I talk. Fix dinner while she putzes. We eat. Rush is on Greta and we watch whole show. Both to office and work for awhile. Later ~

Mailed a box of stuff to Montana on way home from meeting. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Check in with Bob Hoy and talk for a few minutes. Talk to Beth. Try calling Tom Snow. Work at computer for awhile; then TV - watch a couple of PRC Buster Crabbe and Fuzzy Q. Jones Billy Carson westerns while having lunch. Talk Beth and down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail; plus a box from Office Depot for Beth. Feed the girls. Open the mail for Beth. To office and work at computer. Beth joins me. Bob Hoy calls and we talk for a minute or two. Fix and eat dinner. Talk after dinner over Ice Cream drumsticks. Both to office to work on own projects. Later ~

James Stacy; Andrew Duggan; Wayne Maunder on wagon above others

Behind-the-Scenes on the Lancer TV Show

Home after meeting with Brenda right behind me. She starts cleaning while I check e-mail and news sites. I to Office Depot to get something of Beth's fixed. Shop on way home and buy a sandwich. Home and call Jimmy George and we talk. Call Bobby Hoy and talk for awhile. Work at computer awhile. Lunch in dining room with Brenda - we split sandwich. I have dessert then down for nap with girls. Up and Brenda's gone. Bring in mail and feed girls. Open mail. To office and talk to Jimmy George. Talk Bob Hoy again. Send Lancer behind-the-scenes photos to Kit. Beth calls; call Tommy Snow. The three of us are having fish tacos tonight. Beth home to pick me up andd we off to the Fishermens Grill. Meet Tommy and we all have fish tacos. Still over 110 out. Home. Check e-mail. Work in office for awhile. Later ~

With John Mills - Dundee and the Culhane - Tucson, AZ * 1967

Old Tucson (age 24) Dundee and the Culhane - 1967

Office Depot after meeting to get some Xeroxing done for Beth; also buy some envelopes. Home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and no snacks. Talk to Jimmy George - scripts should get there today. Luis and Tony by with a delivery from Beth. They help locate it where Beth wants it. Call from Dr. Schulz's office - he can see me today at 10:30. Call Beth to make sure she can be there. Work on computer. To Eisenhower and meet Beth in doctor's office. Doctor suggests minor surgery for some fatty tumors (non-threatening). Home after and have lunch while watching a new Entourage segment. Talk Beth and Tom then down for nap with girls. Up and check UPS Tracking - scripts arrived in Mississippi. Bring in mail and open it. Feed girls. To office and work some. Talk Tom again and Jimmy George twice. Clean up side yard. Sweep tile. Beth home and we talk. Both to office for a little bit. Fix some dinner and we eat. Dessert. Try order something online for her. She washes her hair. We both work in office. Later ~

Pets on Parade Luncheon and Awards Show (was invaded by flying sacers)

Some of the Invited Guests Stayed Close to Their Owners

118 degree day.
Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall. I up at 5:45 - shower and dress. Breakfast with paper. Trim beard. Beth home and we talk. Send birth parents photo to Shannon. Several e-mails regarding article on Joe Canutt I sent out yesterday. We get ready and drive to Doral for the Pets on Parade luncheon and awards show. See Paul and Deborah plus we sat with the woman who helped us get Hollie to the hospital when it was the end. Leave early and stop by Sam's Club to buy something. Then to Sav-On to pick up prescriptions. Home and sit and talk. Check e-mail and call Tommy. Down for nap with clothes on. Up ans talk with Beth. Talk to Bobby Hoy (he' not well). Talk Tommy again. Read some paper with Beth. Check on Misty (found her in office). I make some light dinner and we eat. I to office and work awhile. Later ~

My Birth Parents - Lois Lee & John Livers - 1942
No Idea of Who the Child is

About 115 degrees out today with humidity.
Grocery shopping after meeting; bring stuff home and put it away. Beth home. I check e-mail and news sites. Work in office for awhile. Beth and I talk then I make lunch early and we eat. She cleans while I down for an early nap (she refuses to nap). Up and bring in mail (wow it's hot!). Feed girls. She opens mail. She's pulled out a bunch of old tapes and DVDs and I go through them and toss some. Call Tommy Snow. Back to computer then Beth decodes to go through pics in bedroom - find photos of my birth parents - Lois Lee and John Livers possibly taken after my conception. To kitchen and make chips and dip for dinner. We eat then to office and both do some work. Later ~

Ross Martin and Robert Conrad - Stars of TVs Wild, Wild West

Stop for gas at Nader's on way home. Eric was supposed to meet me but he was a little late. I changed filters in AC and cleaned screens inside. When Eric arrived he took apart the grating at the bottom and he vacuumed it out. After that he fixed a couple of slats on the fence in our side yard. He leaves and I off to meet Beth at our notary, where we sign a jillion things for our Family Trust. Thought we'd better have one as we have taken care of matters after several deaths where the Trust didn't exist or was just plain screwed up by lazy lawyers. Leave and by house then to meet Tom Snow and George Widman at Chipolte's for burritos. Home and dessert; then down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Open mail for Beth. Call Beth. Move to office and read article on Whitey Hughes Tom Weaver wrote and sent me a few days ago. Whitey recently passed away and it was really nice to read about his days as stunt coordinator on The Wild, Wild West. Talk Tom Snow. Clean up side yard. Sweep floors. Beth home and we sit and talk. I bought her a burrito for din and saved half of mine for dinner. We eat then cone for dessert. Both into office and work on our own projects. Later ~

Cast of Rio Bravo

Howard Hawks directing John Wayne and Angie Dickinson

Stop to pick up toothpaste after meeting then home and Cheetos with girls while I check e-mail and news sites. Putz with computer for awhile. Talk Beth. Talk with Jimmy George for quite awhile. Watch the two DVDs sent to me by Marty Freese in Tucson, AZ. One on the movies made in Old Tucson; the other a salute to John Wayne and his movies made at Old Tucson. (Marty, if you see this, please send your e-mail address). Lunch with girls watching TV. Call Tommy Snow. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in Fed-Ex and mail. Take pills and feed girls. Open mail for Beth. I get True West and some articles from Tom Weaver. To office and work on computer some more. Talk to Beth and Tommy again. Another call to Jimmy George. Clean up side yard. Sweep floors. Beth home in a bit. We talk over cold drinks. Fix dinner and we eat. No TV but we both find things to do in office. Later ~

My Work Station

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with popcorn and girls. Drive to skin doctor and talk about removing bump and back growth. He also freezes pre-cancers on left upper cheek and forehead. Stop by Beth's place of work then to Goodies to pick up fish tacos and sodas. Back and we eat together in kitchen. Drive home and stop at Nadar's then home and dessert. Watch first episode of this season's Entourage. Call Tommy Snow then down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls and open mail. To office and work on computer. Talk to Jimmy George for awhile. Beth home and we talk, Fix dinner and we eat. Both of us into office to work on computers. Later ~

Tom Snow - back from hospital stay again

Tommy Snow at meeting first time since last Tuesday. I stop at Office Depot on way home to have Jimmy and my corrected version of SOE copied. Buy something for Beth, too. Home and dive right in to making the scripts: adding covers and brads; the packing them in a box and getting them ready to send. To Beth's place of employment and she gets it ready to go and will drop it at UPS later today. I back to Office Depot with her printer. Turned out I had wrong cartridge. I bought the numbers she used in a previous printer. My screw up. Home, fix lunch and watch some TV while eating. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail, Talk to Tom Snow and Beth. Feed girls. Work at computer for awhile. Beth calls about QVC computer. Lawyer calls, he's shipping something and wanted to make sure we'd be here tomorrow. Talk Tommy again. Clean up side yard. Sweep floors. Beth finally home and we talk. Fix some dinner and we eat. She washes her hair. Both to office and work for awhile. Later ~

William Conrad - The Ride Back

Anthony Quinn - The Ride Back

Do blood draw after meeting. Home and call Scriptware and undo the file that I've been working on. Begin to print SOE final for Jimmy. Slow going - I to living room and finish watching The Ride Home with Anthony Quinn and William Conrad. Good story; small budget and spent well. Jimmy calls (or i call him) and we talk about script that's printing. Try watch Entourage recording but somehow I got the Spanish version. Have lunch; then down for nap with girls. Work on title page and covers. Up and feed girls. Jimmy calls: he is watching KOS and likes it. Talk Beth and call Tommy who was released today. He is home and getting things back in order. Talk Beth again. Write some here. Make some SOE covers. Talk to Tommy again. Clean up side yard; sweep floors. Beth home and we talk. Fix some dinner and we eat and talk. After, she spends some time in office while I put out trash. Write here while she showers. Later ~

Lining up for the Hamburgers at 2009 Uniity Day Picnic

Jay Grilli

Cooking Hamburgers on new BBQ

Eric having fun

Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall. I up 5:30. Shower, dress, breakfast and paper. Trim beard. Beth home with Eric following. We pack it up and take off at 9:00 for mountains. Emergency phone call sends to Beth's employers' house where there's been a false alarm. She resets alarm and we off again by 9:30. Drive up Highway 74 to Hurkey Creek for the annual Unity Day Picnic. Set up in shade and talk with people who pass by. Hamburgers and potato chips - lazy afternoon. See Greg Madruga for first time in ages. Marine David and Jay Grilli sit with us awhile. Eric plays some catch. Beth gossips with the girls. I sit and watch all, taking an occasional picture. We leave around 2:00 - home by 2:45. Eric takes off and Beth and I unpack a few things. I down for nap with girls. Beth works on MDD sign ups. I up and check e-mail for both of us. We call Tom Snow in hospital - a speaker phone three-way discussion. Beth has fixed a nice ravioli salad and we eat. Spend some time talking over Popsicles for dessert. To office and send pics and finish up here. Later ~

Santa Elena Canyon - final location in Shadows of Eagles


Grocery shopping after meeting. Beth meets me in parking lot and takes Tom's glue - she'll drop it at hospital. I home, unload, unpack and put away. To office and continue reading SOE script. Jimmy calls and we talk about creating photo page with all the locations. Back to reading. Beth home and goes to work in office. I'm interrupted a lot but keep on reading. Stop for early lunch. Back to reading script. Talk to Tom Snow in hospital for a second time. Down for nap while Beth cleans house. I up and back to reading. Beth works in kitchen making some dish for tomorrow's picnic. I stop with nothing left but the final air dog fight. Light dinner with Bethie watching Huckabee and Glenn Beck. Go back to script but it is frozen up. Will need to contact Scriptware when I can. Putz around in office. Later ~

Scene from The Ride Back

Mail DVD of KOS to Jimmy then home after meeting. Eric here to print out some invoices on my printer for Beth; he leaves. I dive into SOE script - a final read through before Xeroxing. Talk Beth. Lunch while watching an Anthony Quinn, William Conrad Western: The Ride Home. Beth calls. Down for nap. Up and read e-mail. Bring in and open mail for Beth. Feed girls. Start reading more SOE. Tom Snow calls from hospital and needs Beth's number. Work some more then Tom calls me back and we talk. He's in better shape than yesterday but still not up to par. Read some more. Tom calls again and needs some things from his house. As soon as Beth gets home we drive to 1000 Palms and get stuff and take it to hospital. Tom is quarantined so I couldn't go into his room - we left his stuff. Pick up orange chicken and home and we eat. Call Tom again to make sure he got his stuff. Then we watch a video of a Millionaire Game Show that Tom Campbell was on last week. Bed. Later ~

William Shatner on Kingdom of the Spiders set

Tiffany Bolling on KOS set

Try call Tommy as he's not at meeting - finally get him and he says he's OK. I don't stay for meeting and drive over to dentist to have my teeth cleaned. Home, pick up stuff then to Office Depot to get some scripts KOS copied for Tom Weaver. Home and call Jimmy. We work til 10:00 and finish browsing script. I to OD and pick up scripts. Home and start watching KOS while I eat. Beth calls and we talk about Tommy - I can't get through on his cell and no answer at home. I down for nap. Up and read e-mail; bring in mail and open it for Beth. Copy KOS Behind the Scenes tape to DVD for Tom. Find a KOS copy for Jimmy. Beth calls with info on Tommy - he's in hospital once again. Rick and Bill went over and found him incoherent. Beth calls and she's coming home to pick me up so we can go to hospital to check up on Tom. Work a little on computer; then Beth home and we drive to Eisenhower hospital to see Tom who is now in the emergency room. He has some kind of infection they say. He wasn't talking much and had a high fever. Te tried to talk but he wasn't talking much so we drove home. Tamales for dinner from Tony, one of the gardeners. After dinner she washes her hair and I work in office.

With Woody Strode

With Igo Kanter and Bill Shatner on KOS Location

Scene from Kingdom of the Spiders being filmed

Straight home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites. Bob Ingrahm calls and I will call him later. Work on script for little while. Find KOS original script, outline, and shooting script. Make skin doctor appointment. Take off for Sam's Club and meet Eric for shopping for Hall. Beth meets us there and we have pizza and hot dog lunch together. All split and I home to e-mails then down for nap. Up Tom Weaver calls at 3:00 p.m. sharp and interviews me all about Kingdom of the Spiders - from conception, to prepping and shooting, to viewing it for first time. Call Bob Ingrahm and he can't come over. Clean up side yard and sweep floors. Beth home and we decide to go to Indio for dinner at Jackalope:Western night everything half price. Good food and loud entertainment. Stop by Edie's on way home for mail. Pick up ice cream at Nader's when we stop for gas for Beth's car. Home and write here. Beth works at her computer, too. Bed. Later ~

Whitey Hughes
November 9 1920 - July 7, 2009 - RIP

One of the Best Stuntmen in the Movie Industry - I've known Whitey since the Fury TV Series 43-years ago

Stop at post office to mail something for Beth then stop at Office Depot to Xerox a few things for her, too. Home and call for blood appointment for the next two weeks. Check e-mail and news sites with girls, peanuts and pretzels. Talk to Beth. Call Jimmy George ar 9:00. We continue going over script until 11:00. I fix lunch and watch John Wayne in Blue Steele, a Lone Star Western co-staring George Hayes before he was Gabby. Talk Beth; then down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Feed girls and bring in mail. Open mail for Beth. A fan, Bruce Armstrong, who just read Shadows of Eagles calls to tell me how much he enjoyed my book. I work on script for a short while. Clean up side yard. Sweep floors. Jimmy George calls to tell me Whitey Hughes passed away. Work some more until Beth get home. Unload her car then talk over lemonade and Dr. Pepper. Call Tom Snow - he not feel too good - will go to hospital after meeting and his breakfast tomorrow. Cook dinner and eat. Beth works in office while I clean up kitchen. Then we both into our salt-water pool for the first time this year. Out and both to office. Bed. Later ~

Speaking as part of the Screenwriters Panel in Oklahoma last month; Kirk Ellis (John Adams) to the right

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and pretzels. Go over some of the script. Call Jimmy at 9:00 and we work on corrections, additions and spelling. Sam by to fix wall in Beth's bathroom. After Jimmy I make lunch and watch two episodes of Entourage while eating. Talk Beth. Realize I have no time for good nap, I rest in office chair until 1:30. Off to Eisenhower Hospital and Dr. Stone's office for regular appointment. Beth joins me and we get a good report on my health. She off and I head home. Work the rest of the afternoon in making changes and writing additional scenes for the script then e-mailing them to Jimmy. Beth home and I haven't swept. Help her in with things, then we sit and talk over lemonade and Dr. Pepper. Theresa calls from Montana. Tom Snow calls. Fix dinner and we eat. Both to office to work on separate projects. Bed early. Later ~

Fellowship Hall yesterday

Steve Grippi sets up the cold drinks

Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall. I up 5:50: shower and dress. Breakfast with paper. Trim beard. Sweep floor. Beth home with Brenda and Eric - they take old TV and video copier. Beth starts dusting and doing washes. I work at computer and call Tom. Golf starts and we both watch while having lunch together. I down for nap at 12:30; up at 2:00. Feed girls. She still dusting. E-mail from Tom Weaver trying to set up interview time for next week. Beth still dusting and making phone calls while we watch golf. Tiger wins! To office to catch up on news; she joins me. Both work at separate projects. She talks to Kelly. I make dinner and we eat and talk. Both into office and work separately. Bed early. Later ~

July 4th 2009 - Fellowship Hall, Palm Desert, CA

Michele; Brenda; Beth; Dallas Anne (workers)


Grocery shopping after meeting as usual. Home and put stuff away. Beth is busy preparing this afternoon's 4th of July bash at fellowship Hall. Talk Tom Snow then Beth. Down for nap with no lunch. Up at 12:30. Talk to Tom Snow again. Feed girls. Then it's off to the Hall where I wait for Beth and the others to begin preparing for fest. ztom zsnoe arrives and more get there. Set up Hall for 4th party. People start arriving and hot dogs are'a cookin. Sit with Bill and Sunny. Things start to slow down around 4:00 - some straglers but clean up starts. I home. Beth an Brenda take left overs to Indio Mission. I get home and work at computer for awhile. Call Tom. Beth finally home and we have ice cream drumsticks; then we watch 4th of July Special from Washington D.C. with Jimmy Smits as host. Into bed and she watches a rerun of the sams show until we both fall asleep. Later ~

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and no snacks. Send a few e-mails. Call Cinovation about Scriptware and leave message. Call Jimmy at 9:00 then John Marzacola at 9:30. John not ready to talk so hang up and call Jimmy back - leave a message. Work on script until 11:00 then drive to meet others for lunch at Mexican place on Country Club Drive. Home. Call Beth - wait for her to come home then down for nap with girls. She has tile guy here when I get up - he leaves. Try call Jimmy. Work on script some more. Guy from Scriptware sent e-mail that helped me to add scene. Talk with Beth. We call Tommy and talk. Jimmy George calls. John Marzicola calls. Fix dinner and we eat. Watch pay to play movie: Gran Torino with Eastwood. Later ~

Virginia and Happy Shahan

Virginia Shahan passed away.
Straight home from meeting. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and peanuts. Work on script up to where we left off yesterday; then call Jimmy. We run through script and polish it until 10:45; then I'm off to Indio to talk with Joel and Michele before I have my monthly Conservative Round Table luncheon meeting. Call Beth on way home. Once there I bring in mail and feed girls - then it's down for my nap. Up and work at computer for a short time. Then it's clean side yard and sweep floors. Beth home and we talk. Fix dinner and eat. We both call and talk with Tom Snow. Both into office where she works at her stuff while I work at mine. Later ~

Some of the remains of Fort Russell near Marfa, TX - setting for one of my novels

Stop to pick up something on way home. Once home, I check e-mail and news sites with girls and the last of the Fritos. Sam Cropper by to fix plaster in Beth's bathroom. Shortly after he starts, he tells me we need a plumber. Sam leaves and I call Beth. She has plumber call me and I say call me when you can come over. Place my pre-planned call to Jimmy George at 9:00 Pacific time - 11:00 his time. We go over script and smooth it out as we go. Spend two hours on phone then plan to pick up where we left off at 9:00 tomorrow. Beth calls about Dan the plumber. I eat while watching something on Western Channel. Down for nap but leave my cell phone beside bed. 14-minutes it rings. It's Beth - Dan the plumber is on his way. Get up and dress just in time to let plumber into house. I work on Jimmy's and my changes while Dan works in Beth's bathroom wall. $175-dollars later the leak is fixed. Pay him and he leaves. I continue working on script until 4:00; then I sweep floors and clean up side yard. Beth home and we talk. I make dinner and we eat. Both to office and we go over the Lodge Trust we are having drawn up. Almost done and we decide to continue at a later date. She showers. Later ~