Rod Timanus shooting Video at Pioneer Village, AZ

Grocery shopping after meeting while she to Edie's. Home and un-pack and put away. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and Fritos and bean dip. Work some in office. Watch some TV. Make lunch and eat. Beth by for minute and she eats before taking off for nail appointment; then down for nap early. Up and Beth is back. Feed girls. Check my mail. Work at computer. Send some e-mails. Order a pizza then Beth drives me over to pick it up. Home and we eat. Then it's TV: Without a Trace from last week. Video from Rod Timanus of a stunt shootout he was in. Beth showers and we bed early. Later ~

Gunsmoke Dodge City set - Stage 3: CBS Studio Center

Stop at Long's Drugstore on way home from meeting to exchange Beth's new watch for one that run. Gas up at Nader's then home. Check e-mail and news sites with Cheetos and begging girls. Work at computer through the morning listening to Rush. Meet Tom Snow, David Bradshaw, Norman Foster, and George Widman at Mimi's for lunch. Home - cookie and whip-cream with girls; then down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Open mail. To office and call Beth. Work at computer. Clean side yard and sweep floors. Watch O'Reilly. Beth home and we talk. Cook and eat. She washes her hair. We watch recorded CSI: Vegas. Later ~

Al "Fuzzy" St. John and Lash La Rue


Lash La Rue

Stop at RM Von's to pick up several items; then Longs get new watch for Beth. Home and check e-mail and news sites. Work at computer for awhile. To Costco to pick up Beth's new contact lenses; pick up taco and tostada then home. TV - Lash LaRue PRC Western while I eat. Talk Beth. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail. Talk Tom Snow. Work in office in PM. Clean up side yard. Sweep floors. Beth home for a few minutes and we talk. She off to a taco dinner in Tina's memory. I dinner and TV. Then I watch a History Channel doc on Black gangsters. Beth home and we watch last night's episode of Lost. Both office; she showers. Later ~

Stop by station to say Hi to Nader; then home. Check e-mail and news sites. Work for awhile at computer. Watch an old John Wayne Lone star Western: The Lucky Texan - followed by a Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy St. John PRC Western while having lunch. Bring in mail. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Open mail. Work in office. Talk Tom Snow. Clean up side yard. Sweep floors. Watch a police chase on TV, Beth home. We talk and watch driver get tackled and arrested. She eats and is off to H&I Meeting. I fix a sandwich for myself and watch Maverick on TV. Beth home and we watch NCIS. She showers. Later ~

Dale and Roy filming The Roy Rogers Show - 1956



Stop at Office Depot on way home from meeting to have some Xeroxing done for Beth; plus buy some pens and ink cartridges. Home and check e-mail and news sites. To credit union and open a new CD. On to pick up dog food, then home. Talk Beth. Put dog food in storage can. To office and work at computer for awhile. To living room and watch a Roy Rogers movie - Twilight in the Sierra, while I have lunch. To office then down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it for Beth. To computer and try AOL help. They won't help because I'm getting service for free as I'm a Time Warner user only I kept my AOL e-mail address. I figure out if I download another AOL 9.0, just maybe they'll meld and something might happen. That's what I did and now it works. Don't know how, but it works again - file was restored. Sweep floors and clean up side yard. Talk Tom Snow. Work in office. Beth home then she to bank and back home. We talk and I cook. We eat. Start to watch a recording of CSI: Miami but it's a rerun so we watch some of Lincoln White House. Both to office. Later ~

Rio Diablo Memories

Stop at post office in Palm Desert to pick up something for Beth. Home and check e-mail and news sites. To imaging place for a Cat Scan; then home. Work at computer for awhile. Beth calls. TV - watch two episodes of Entourage while I have lunch. Down for nap. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it. To office and try to contact AOL about my missing e-mail file - no luck. Some O'Reilly; then Beth home. We talk while I cook. We eat. Both to office. I do trash. She showers. Later ~

Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall. I up 6:00 - shower and dress. Breakfast with paper. Trim beard. Beth home; I sweep floors. She follows by mopping. Fix lunch and we eat. We talk as she fills my pill boxes. I down for nap. Up and she has fed girls. We talk. She off to first Maad Dog Daze meeting of year. I watch end of Bob Hope Classic; talk Tom Snow on phone; then watch end of The Comancheros with John Wane and Stuart Whitman. Work in office. Beth home and she works at something in garage. We watch Sean Hannity's interview with Rush Limbaugh while we eat dinner. She washes her hair. We watch first full episode of CSI: Vegas without William Petersen. Later ~

With brother Bobby and Herman Hack (Dorothy Hack's dad)

Grocery shopping after meeting then home and unload and put away. Check e-mail and news sites. Off to Sam's Club to shop for Hall - then home. Work at computer. Beth home from Edie's. We eat and talk. She gets ready to go to Jackie Worm's service then she leaves. I down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it. Beth home and we talk. We both to Hall and unload supplies with help from a guy from Ranch. Home. Dorothy Hack calls and we talk. Watch Huckabee with Beth while we have a chips and salsa snack for dinner. Both to office. Spend a fun time watching Carol Burnett Show blooper videos on Youtube.com. Later ~

Give Peter a ride to the bus stop then home after meeting. Check e-mail and news sites with peanuts and girls. Work at computer for awhile. Meet brother Bobby at bank and we conduct some business related to the George Rutter Trust. Home. Watch a little TV. Beth calls. Drive to Eisenhower at 11:15 for an appointment with Dr. Stone. Doing OK. Potassium is high but coming down. Home and have lunch while watching an Eddie Dean Western. Down for nap. Up and feed girls. Bring in our (and neighbors') mail. Open ours for Beth. To office and work at computer - answer a fan. Beth home. Talk then fix dinner. We eat. Watch season opener of Lost (recording). Later ~

Charlton Heston on Dice - The Big Country - 1958


Burl Ives and Gregory Peck - The Big Country - 1958

Leave meeting early with Beth and drop her at her place of employment. Gas up at Nader's station. Home and check e-mail and news sites. Work at computer for awhile. Watch end of a Gene Autry movie and some of The Big Country while having lunch. Call that Beth's car is ready. Call Beth. Down for nap. Up and feed girls, Get mail and neighbors' mail. Open mail. Call Beth and go over and pick her up. Take her to pick up car. Home. Check e-mail. Write here. Talk brother Bob. Call bank. Work at computer. Beth home and picks me up and we to Indio for Jail Volunteer Dinner. Home and get ready for bed. Later ~

Gene Autry


Filming The Gene Autry TV Show at Corriganville - 1951

Take Beth to meeting and drop her afterwards at work. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Work for a short time; then to TV and watch several Gene Autry recorded movies - Sierra Sue, and Yodelin Kid from Pine Ridge. Fix lunch and eat while watching movies. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and neighbor's mail. Open our mail. Work in office for awhile. Clean up side yard and sweep floors. Beth calls and I go and pick her up and bring her home. We talk for awhile. Fix a snack-dinner. Both to office. We watch a recorded episode of Law & Order: SVU. Later ~

Beth with Edie and Stan Locke

Haircut after meeting. Eric follows me to sunroof place and I drop Beth's car. He drops me at Beth's place of employment where I pick up my Expedition. Take an estate vehicle tire for repair for the gardeners - home - take tire back. Home and check e-mail, news sites etc. Watch an episode of Entourage and a Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy Q. Jones PRC Western while having lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it. Work at computer. Watch a little TV. Sweep floors and clean up side yard. Beth calls. I off to pick her up. We to Sav-on and she picks up my transplant drugs. Home. She calls insurance company then leaves message for Edie Locke, while I cook dinner. We start to eat and Edie calls back. Stan is in hospital in pretty bad condition. Beth washes her hair. Then we watch recording of last night's CSI: Miami. Later ~

With my writing partner, David S. Cass, Sr.

Leave meeting early and take Beth's car in to order a sunroof. Order it and head home. Peanuts with girls while I check e-mail and news sites. E-mail from a company showing interest in a script. To Beth's employers' and exchange cars. See Beth for a moment. On to my make up blood draw. The got a bad report last week concerning my potassium and this draw was to double check that reading. Stop by Von's to pick up a few things I forgot Saturday. Home and eat while I watch an episode of Entourage. Down for nap with girls. No mail as it's MLK day. Feed Girls. Call guy who sent me e-mail re script. Work at computer. E-mail Dave Cass. Clean up side yard. Start sweep floors. get sidetracked and update a bio and send it off. Sweep floors. Work at computer - talk Tom Snow. Beth home and we talk. Fix dinner and we eat. Then we both to office and catch up on stuff. Later ~

Bird Dog


Filming The Fugitive TV Show at Iverson's Ranch - 1966

Sleep in day for me. Beth up and off to Hall. I up; shower, dress and have breakfast with paper. Trim beard. Beth home early - whole team there today. I sweep floors. She wet-mops floors. We talk and I work at computer. Beth off to her employers'; to look at Melissa's new house; to check out location of eye doctor's office. I watch an old Eddie Dean western I recorded. Have lunch. Down for nap with girls. Beth home when I get up. Feed girls. To office and work at computer. Downloaded AOL 10.1 but don't like it. Beth fixes stir fry for dinner and we eat. After we watch Law & Order: SVU. Misty brought in a dead bird. Change top-sheet on our bed. Later ~

William Shatner and Tiffany Bolling


With Woody Strode


With producer Igo Kantor and star William Shatner

Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and unload and put away stuff. Check e-mail and news sites. Putz on computer. Watch a pretty lame Columbia Gene Autry movie: Saginaw Trail." Have some lunch then down for nap with girls. Beth is with Edie, her employers and Sherry her hairdresser. Up and feed girls. Bring in and open mail. Beth home. I do online interview show with Carey Lee Fisher - Both Jeff Sneller and myself talked about Kingdom of the Spiders. Talk for awhile with Beth, To office and write here. Order Pizza then go and get it. We eat and talk. She showers; then we watch Slumdog Millionaire on DVD (screener). Later ~

Dickie Moore


Margaret O'Brien


Jane Withers


Darryl Hickman

Stop by Nader's station on way home from meeting to pick up some dessert for tonight. Home and check e-mail and news sites with popcorn and girls. Finish watching recording of child star round table discussion I began watching yesterday. Bug guy here and sprays. More on computer. Off to meet Tom Snow, George Widman and Norman Foster for lunch at Mexican place by old Albertson's at Monterey and Country Club. Beth drops in to say "Hi". Home after lunch and have cookie with girls. Then down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Open mail. Write some here. Clean up side yard and sweep floors. Watch some news and O'Reilly. Beth home and we talk. Fix dinner and we eat. Watch a recording of last night's CSI: Las Vegas - Grissom's (William Petersen) final show. Later ~

Apache Junction, AZ (Dundee and the Culhane) - 1967

Had breakfast when I got up as I will be having a blood draw five hours later.
Left meeting early so I could have blood draw. Went to new lab and was damn near the only one there. Saw an old friend behind the counter. Stop and get Expedition washed, then home. Check e-mail and news sites. To bank to make a deposit; then into palm desert to pick up Eric; and we to Sam's Club to shop for the Coachella Rescue Mission (Beth and I are now helpings them with food donations). Lunch with Eric at Sam's; then drop off some extra stuff to Beth at her place of employment. Drop off Eric and home. Have a cookie and whip cream with girls while watching a TV show about child stars. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls; bring in mail. Open mail. Take out recicle bin. Clean up side yard. Call from doctor - my potasium is weird and he wants another draw. I make appointment for nezt Monday. Sweep floors. Watch Bush's final speech then O'Reilly. Beth home and start dinner. We talk then eat. Talk Tom Snow. We watch recording of Without a Trace. Later ~

Scenes from Corriganville - 1959

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and peanuts. To bank a little after nine to make deposit. E-mail my brother, Bob. Home and work some more at computer, Watch a couple of episodes of Entourage while eating lunch. Watch a cinecolor Eddie Dean Western. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Work in office. Clean side yard; sweep floors. Send some e-mails. Talk to Eric and Tom Snow. Start fixing dinner. Beth home and we talk then we eat. She washes hwe hair. We watch recording of CSI: Miami. Later ~

My brother-in-law, Bruce Rogers, with Misty

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites. Work for awhile in office. Then it's off to bank to get '04 Scion pink out of safety deposit box. Home then drive to Toyota and sign over pink. Have lunch with my brother-in-law, Bruce Rogers - then home for a cookie with girls, then down for nap with girls after calling Beth. Up and feed girls. Call car insurance people and have policy changed to new car. Talk brother, Bob, re: George Rutter Trust. Start writing here. Play around on computer until Beth gets home. Fix dinner and we eat. To office to get some work done then watch out takes from The Carol Burnett Show. Later ~

Beth's New 2009 Scion

Sleep in day for me. Beth up and to Hall to meet Eric. I up 6:15 - oooh, bed felt good. Shower, dress, then eat breakfast with paper. Sweep floors; clean side yard. Beth home and she mops floors. We take off for Indio to buy corn at stand but they don't have any corn. Stop for chili-cheese dogs, then on to I-10 Toyota to look at new Scions. Beth finds a silver-gray one she likes and we test drive it then buy it (we weren't planning on that right now but still did). Home in new car. Take some pics of Scion. Try nap on couch as Beth talks to Shannon on phone. I to office to write here.

The Girls (Misty and Crystal)

Grocery shopping after meeting while she works at Edie's. Home and unload and put away. Check e-mail and news sites. Watch a Gene Autry Movie on the Western Channel. Have a hot dog for lunch; then down for nap early with girls. Up and bring in mail. Open it; then work at computer. Beth home. Feed girls while she irons. Then we to Walgreens to get Shingles shot. I wasn't eligible because of my immune system. See Tom Snow. Stop at Pet Smart to pick up something for her employers' cat. Buy Misty a new doll (bear). Home; give misty her gift. Beth work in office while I cook. She in for dinner and we watch Huckabee. After that a special with Gary Sinise's trips to Iraq. She showers and I write here. Later ~

With my Arizona friend Rod Timanus

Leave Hall early before meeting and drive to dentist for teeth cleaning and yearly checkup. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and peanuts. Talk to Beth; then off to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Meet Tom Snow, George Widman, Norman Foster and David Bradshaw at Yellow Basket for lunch and chat. Home, and after cookie, down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Bring in and open mail. Work at computer for awhile. Pick up side yard and sweep floors. Beth calls, she'll be late. Watch some of O'Reilly and start dinner. She calls and is on way home. Dinner on table when she arrives. We talk and eat. Then we watch Law and Order: SVU. She showers and: Later ~

Filming Dundee and the Culhane at Bell Movie Ranch - 1967


Lower Iverson's Ranch Western Street

Talk with Beth after meeting and we try calling back east with no luck. I drive home and check e-mail and news sites; while having popcorn with the girls. I try the back east place again and no answer. Beth calls; so I call back and leave message and phone number. Leave house around 11:05 and drive to Indio. Stop at leather store and spend some time talking with Joel Peters. Then it's on the Chinese place for our monthly Conservative Round Table Lunch. Drive home after and feed girls upon arrival. Call Beth. Bring in mail. Down for nap with girls. Up and vacuum floors as one of Misty's toys leaked a bunch of little white plastic things. Threw out toy. Call Bob and he comes over to pick up his ironing. To office and work for awhile. Beth home; cook dinner and we eat and talk. Watch recording of Without a Trace. Later ~

Filming The Gene Autry Show at Corriganville - 1951

To Eisenhower Doloris Hope Building for blood draw after meeting - then to hospital to see Tom Snow. Tom not only was having nose bleeds, he's also anemic and needed several pints of blood. We talked for awhile. He was about to be released. Home and check e-mail and news sites with peanuts and girls. Work for some time; then into living room and lunch while I watch two episodes of Entourage I didn't know I had. Watch a Lash LaRue western with Al "Fuzzy" St. John. Then down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail, Feed girls and open mail. To office and work on a few things. Try call Tom and he's not home. Clean up side yard; sweep floors. om calls back - he's feeling better and did visit a doctor again today. Beth home and cooks dinner. We eat and talk. She washes her hair, Watch NCIS recording. Later ~

My Florida friend James Jenkins who will be at Festival of the West


Rod Timinas and his Lady Friend


Larry Segal of Scottsdale Barnes and Noble selling our books


With Miles Swarthout - I will be doing a panel in Tucson with Miles

Stop nowhere on way home. Check e-mail and news sites with popcorn and girls. Work in office for awhile; call Tom Snow, who left meeting today as his nose was bleeding again. Then off to Sam's Club for shopping for us and Beth's employer. I'll do Hall later in the week. Drop off her employers' stuff on way home. Lunch while finishing viewing The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. I really liked this movie. It's really not a Western; more of a character study. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it. To office and spend a couple of hours making reservations for my Tucson and Scottsdale week in March. Tucson Book Festival one weekend, followed by the Festival of the West the following weekend. I'll stay in Arizona the full week. Clean up side yard and sweep floors. Beth home early. Fix dinner and we eat. Then we watch a recorded episode of CSI: Miami. Later