Scribblings From the Desert

I am a published author and produced screenwriter living in Rancho Mirage, California with my wife, Beth, and two dogs, Crystal and Misty. I have spent most of my life in and around the Hollywood Motion Picture Business.

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Location: Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Monday, February 28, 2011

Jane Russell dies
Our girls got a bath today

Stop at RM post office on way home from meeting to mail Jimmy Baird DVD. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and crackers. Beth calls about time her guys will be here to lift TVs and pick up old TV. Get started unpacking new TV. Jerry here to put up new mail box. Marchelle here to pick up girls for grooming. He helps me lift old TV off and put new TV into place; plus he hooks them up. He leaves as Beth's gardeners arrive to pick up old TV. They leave and I work with new TV and eat. Down for nap without girls. Up and call Marchelle. Play around with new TV. Marchelle delivers two beautiful girls. To Best Buy to get two HDMI cables; home and hook one up to new TV. Beth picks up check and to bank. I fix taco dinner. She home and we eat. After we watch recording of CSI: Miami. We get ready for bed; into office for a minute; Later ~

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Phillips 46" HDTV

Wind blew in some COLD.
Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall to meet Brenda. I up and dress at 6:00. Bring in paper and have breakfast with paper. Check e-mail and news sites with girls. Trim beard. Beth home. Then we drive to Sam's Club and buy a 46" 1080P HDTV. Lunch at Yellow Basket; then home and ice cream mini-cone. She does my pills. She off to her place of employment to run dog and feed him; then to Hall for annual meeting and MDD meeting. I down for nap with Misty. Up 3:00 pm. Feed girls. Into office and prepare DVD for mailing tomorrow. Call brother Bob and talk. Work at computer. Watch some Red Carpet at the Oscars while I cook dinner. Beth home 5:30 p.m. and we eat. Watch Best Supporting Actor award on Oscars. Both into office to work and make phone calls. Later ~

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Jimmy Baird

Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and Brenda helps me unload. She cleans while I put stuff away. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and no snack. Call Jimmy Baird to respond to his wife's Facebook mail and leave a message. Brenda leaves. I copy Fury 8 mm tape to DVD. Fix lunch and eat while watching end of Red Dawn. Still didn't finish it and down for nap 12:30. Up and Beth's home. I check e-mail and news sites. Into kitchen - she's already brought in mail. I join her at kitchen table. Feed girls. We both into office and work at computers. To her place of employment where she runs dog before feeding him. To Cafe Consuelas for Mexican dinner with Theresa and Steve Grippi. Home - She showers while I work at computer. Later ~

Friday, February 25, 2011

Original Red Dawn Cast

To Sam's Club right after meeting to measure TV and pick up some coffee for Beth. Home and check e-mail and news sites with chips and girls. Work at computer for awhile. Move into living room and watch recording of this morning's Lawman. Fix myself some lunch then watch Red Dawn while eating. Beth calls and we talk. Wasn't able to finish movie so recorded the ending. Down for nap with Misty. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Sweep inside tiles. Work in office. Jimmy George calls from Mississippi. Beth home early so no O'Reilly. Help her in with her stuff. Cook dinner and we eat. Both into office. Get ready then watch CSI: Vegas from last night. "ater ~

Thursday, February 24, 2011

James Stewart in How the West was Won

Leave before meeting begins and drive to blood draw. After, drive to Sam's Club and shop for us and Hall. Home and check e-mail and news sites. Work at computer for awhile. Into living room and watch the last half of How the West was Won. Beth calls. Fix lunch and eat while watching show. (Shown in wide, wide, screen to simulate Cinerama). Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Scan several magazines. Clean up side yard. Put out recycle bin. Watch all of O'Reilly as Beth has a hair appointment. She finally home and we eat. Too late for TV so she work in office until time for bed. Later ~

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Dorothy Malone listens to director Leslie Selander while getting her hair fixed and reading the latest news from Variety on Tall Man Riding set.

Stop by Nader's station for gas and talk with Nader before going home. Once home, check e-mail and news sites with cinnamon roll and girls. Talk to Beth. Work at computer for awhile. Into living room and turn on TV. Make hamburger patty for lunch. Into living room and eat while I watch Tall Man Riding, with Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone and Peggy Castle. Lawman on in Western Channel reruns and I'd seen today's episode. Talk to Beth; then it's down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail and news sites. Beth is supposed to call. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Leave msg. for Beth. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard - sweep tiles inside. Work at computer. Beth home early. We talk then I make dinner. We eat; then she off to H&I Meeting. I putz here, She home and we watch last night's recording of NCIS. Later ~

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Our Girls

Haircut at Sherry's after meeting; to our bank then home. Check e-mail with girls and crackers. Work for awhile; then drop off more of Edie's stuff at Southwest Thrift Store. Home and make lunch. Watch today's episode of Lawman and the half of yesterday's I missed when I went with Brenda. Work in office. Down for nap with Misty. Up 2:15 - Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard and sweep inside tile. Work at computer. In to watch some O'Reilly. Beth home. Help her in with stuff. I cook and we eat. Both to office. She showers. I get ready. We watch yesterday's recording of Hawaii 5-0. Later ~

Monday, February 21, 2011

CSI: Miami

Home from meeting. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and Cheez-Its. Surf around. Beth calls. Call Jimmy George and we talk awhile.Work some more on computer. Into living room to watch Lawman. Brenda calls and wants to go to AAA to register her car. She picks me up and we drive to La Quinta AAA. Register her car. Lunch at taco shop. She drops me at home and I go down for nap with Misty. Up and no mail as it's a holiday. Feed girls; clean up side yard; and sweep tile floors inside. Putz on computer. Into watch some O'Reilly. Beth home and we talk while I cook. We eat. Both to office for awhile. She showers. we watch recording of yesterday's CSI: Miami. Later ~

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Pacific Ocean Sunrise

Sleep in day. Beth up early to meet Brenda at Hall. I up 5:45 - shower and dress. Bring in paper. Trim beard. Fix breakfast and eat. Read paper while eating. Clean up kitchen. In to check e-mail and news sites. Beth home and we talk in kitchen while reading paper and comics. Beth takes off to meet Brenda to shop. I work on new novel for awhile. Beth home and brings goodies. We eat her goodies for lunch. Talk some more. Into office and work. She takes off again while I down for nap with Misty. I up and Theresa G. is here. They talk in kitchen while I check e-mail and news sites in office. Theresa leaves and I feeds girls. Beth off for awhile. I work at computer. She home and I prepare dinner - we eat. After, we watch National Geographic Network - Inside Secret Service and Alaskan Highway Patrol. She up and shower. I get ready. Check here then - Later `

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker in Red

Leave meeting early to go grocery shopping. Home and unload food with help from Brenda. Put away food. Make some popcorn for Brenda and me. I work in office while she cleans house. Gordon brings chair back and I pay him. I take off for nail appointment - Yvonne does my toes today. Pick up McDonald's and home. Eat and watch TV. Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work at computer. Beth home and we unload her car. Have a soup and salad dinner early. She washes hair and showers. I get ready for bed. We watch Red, with Bruce Willis. She falls asleep and finally goes to bed. I enjoyed movie; she didn't. Write here. Bed. Later ~

Friday, February 18, 2011


Stop at Office Max in way home to Xerox some H&I lists for Beth. Stop at RM post office to mail letter for Brenda. Home and bug guy here - he's done outside. I let him in to do inside. He puts in new rat bait. When he's done I close the garage. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with crackers and girls. Get copy of original Billy the Kid ferrotype from Bob Boze Bell's web site. Send it to Jimmy George. Beth calls. Into living room. Watch today's recording of Lawman. Fix some lunch and eat while watching another western. Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail from outside. STARTS TO SPRINKLE. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. NOW RAINING. Clean up side yard. Sweep inside tiles. Work at computer. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home in RAIN. We eat and talk. I down to Nader's to get gas for her car. Home. I get ready; Beth showers. Watch last night's recording of CSI: Vegas. Later ~

Thursday, February 17, 2011

The Hanley Project with Rush

Stop to pick up some fruit on way home; drop by Nader's station. Once home, check e-mail and news sites with girls and cinnamon roll. Work for awhile on computer - 10 pages corrected on Whiskey Tears. Into living room. Watch today's recorded episode of Lawman. Fix some lunch and eat during show. Then I watch several other shows until noon. Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Beth calls and needs to know how to make photo card work. I tell her and it works. Clean up side yard; sweep inside tiles. Work at computer. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home; I'm cooking. Help her in with her stuff. We eat and talk. Clean up and she showers. Trash out. We watch Rush on The Hanley Project. Later ~

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Scene from The Bravados

Straight to Sam's Club after meeting to shop for Hall. Listen to Rush on way home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and crackers. Move into living room to watch today's recorded episode of Lawman - make a burger and eat while I view the show. Watch The Bravados with Gregory Peck. Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home and we eat. She showers; I get ready. Watch last nights episode of NCIS - Later ~

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Entourage Cast

Sleep in today. Beth up her usual time and prepares for day. I would have had just three-hours to sleep if I had gotten up at my regular time. Shower, dress, and have breakfast. Drive to Office Max to pick up cork board for Hall; to bank to make deposits fir Beth; drop UPS package at the place by Gerald Ford Drive. Home and check e-mail. Make sandwich and watch recording of Lawman; followed by a rerun of Entourage. Beth tried to call - phones weren't working. I work in office. Down for nap with Misty. Up 1:30 - Check e-mail and news sites. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Sweep inside tiles. Work at computer. Watch some O'Reilly. Start dinner; Beth later than usual. She home and we eat. She shower - I write here. Turn on TV and we watch episode of Hawaii 5-0 recorded last night. Both get ready. Later ~

Monday, February 14, 2011

Gene Autry rehearsing a scene for his TV series

Home from meeting to check e-mail and news sites. Take off and pick up vacuum bags; envelopes and check sizes of cork boards; drop clothes at thrift store; and pick up a hamburger. Home. Eat while watching Lawman recording from this morning. Watch Gene Autry: white hat; silver screen. To computer. Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Bethie. Work at computer. Clean up side yard. Sweep inside tiles. Beth home and we eat. She to office. We watch California Gold on manufacturing the C-17. Drive to airport in PS to pick up Beth's employers' sisters; then drop them at Beth's place of employment. Home and in bed by 11:30 p.m. - Later ~

Sunday, February 13, 2011


Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall to meet Brenda. I up at 5:45 - shower and dress. Fix breakfast and eat. Trim beard. Work in office. Beth here - she works on doing my pill boxes. She of to meet Brenda then go to Costco. I fix lunch and eat while watching the end of Cowboy, with Glen Ford and Jack Lemmon. Fix lunch and eat. Watch while I eat. Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Feed girls. Eventually Beth gets back. We eat; then we watch TV. Later ~

Saturday, February 12, 2011


Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and Brenda helps me unload. She's there to clean and already has office done. I put stuff away. Into office and check e-mail and news sites. Make popcorn and split with Brenda. Work at computer. Move into living room and watch TV: A western, Cowboy, with Glen Ford and Jack Lemmon. Brenda finishes and heads off. Make some lunch and eat. Down for nap with Misty. Up and find that Beth is home. Work in office. Work at kitchen table. We to dinner at Fisherman's Grill. Home and watch The Fightger, with Mark Wahlberg. Later ~

Friday, February 11, 2011

Masada

Home after meeting - stop at Nader's to gas up; see Nader who is very happy for his country. Home - check e-mail and news sits with girls and crackers. Work at computer for awhile. Fix a sandwich and watch today's episode of Lawman recorded this morning. That followed by switching around and watching pieces if several westerns. Beth calls. Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Sweep inside tiles. Work at computer. Look up Masada. Beth home and we eat. Watch recording of CSI: Vegas. Later ~

Thursday, February 10, 2011


Beth off to meeting at normal time; I off for blood draw 7:00 a.m. - to Hall after and catch last half-hour of meeting. See Jay and others. Home after - stop to see Nader but he's on phone to Egypt. Home to snack with girls while checking e-mail and news sites. Beth calls and we talk. Make a sandwich and watch today's episode of Lawman, recorded earlier. Then watch The Bounty Hunter with Randolph Scott. Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Write here. Bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Bethie. Clean up side yard. Scan new True West. Some trash out. UPS delivers luggage for Beth's employers. Write here. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home; I cook; we eat. She works in office. I finish with trash. Then we watch premier showing of Justified, recorded last night. Later ~

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Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Colorado Sunset - 1939

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and crackers. Beth calls. To Ramona Tires and pick up Beth; take her back to work - then I home. Work at computer for awhile. Make a burger and watch Lawman recording for today. After, watch Colorado Sunset with Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette and June Storey. Down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Write here.
Bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. No time to clean up. Beth called and asked me to: Go down to Tony''s and pay for her car; drive over and pick up her and ironing. Take her to get her car. I home and she to bank. She home. I start dinner and we eat. After to office while she washes her hair. We watch NCIS from Tuesday. To office. Later ~

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Beth and I with our breakfast servers

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and crackers. Off to Sam's Club to shop for Hall and several items for us. Stop at bank on way home and deposit book money. Home and call Elaine Henderson - she wants to drop off some stuff for Beth. Check computer. Jay by to install fan & light in office. Fix sandwich and eat while watching today's recording of Lawman. Try call Andy and find they're on a Hawaiian cruise. E-mail Doug with news. Watch some more western movies. Jay leaves. Beth calls. Into bedroom and down for nap with Misty. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Read some of magazine. Clean up side yard. Sweep inside tile. Work in office. Beth home. We eat. After we watch Hawaii 5-0. Later ~

Monday, February 07, 2011

O'Reilly interviews Obama pre-game

Stop by PDPO on way home from meeting to mail a book and our taxes to the preparer. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls. To bank and deposit some cash others. Home. E-mail from Ohio guy who's interested in a script. Set up a time to talk. Fix a hamburger for lunch and watch Lawman recorded this morning; watch more TV Westerns until noon. Talked to Beth. Down for nap with Misty. Up 2:00. Check e-mail, etc. Bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Read some stuff that came in mail. Talk to Doug Hufnagle about scripts and movie things. Clean up side yard. Work in office. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home and we eat. Watch CSI: Miami. Both to office. Later ~

Sunday, February 06, 2011


Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall to meet Brenda. I up 5:45 - shower and dress. Fruit for breakfast. Check e-mail and news sites. Beth home and we work in office for awhile. Shannon calls; Theresa Livers calls. Meet Steve and Theresa grippi at Cheesecake Factory for my birthday brunch. HOme with Beth and down for nap with Misty. Up in an hour and a half and get ready for Superbowl to start. Beth works on taxes in office. Beth over to run Jo. Halftime finds me in office writing here. Watch rest of game. Beth joins me. Later ~

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Fine Dining on the MS Zaandam

Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and unpack, put away. Brenda by to clean. I some TV while she works in office. Then I into office while she works elsewhere in house. Watch some TV while she works in living room and kitchen. Get ready and drive to nail appointment with Yvonne. Pick up McDonald's and home. Eat and TV. To office. Beth calls. Down for nap with Misty. Up 2:20 - Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office. Beth home and we talk. Fix dinner (soup) and we eat. Both to office. She calls Grippi's about tomorrow lunch for my birthday. We watch end of movie, Beethoven II; then a new episode of The Hanley Project with Rush. Later ~

Friday, February 04, 2011


Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Work at computer. Call Jimmy George and talk. To bank for Beth. Watch some TV. Fix some lunch and eat while watching today's episode of Lawman. After that, watch some The Law vs. Billy the Kid, with Scott Brady and James Griffith. Down for nap with Misty. Up and bring in trash can and mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Work in office. Clean up side yard. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home and we eat. She shower and we watch CSI: Vegas. Later ~

Thursday, February 03, 2011

Round Table a few years ago

Sleep in an hour. Stay home from meeting; then to blood draw at 7:00 when they open. To car wash to get Dodge washed. Stop by and talk with Nader fore a few minutes - gas up. Home and snack while checking e-mail and news sites with girls. Putz around on computer. Get a few things done around here, Watch today's Lawman episode. Then it's off to Indio for a stop at Joel's. Then on to Chinese place for lunch and Conservative Round Table. Home early. Feed girls and snack. Down for nap with Misty. Up 4:00. Clean up side yard. Bring in mail. Open mail. Write here. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home. Cook and we eat. After we watch NCIS from Tuesday. Later ~

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

John Russell and Peter Browm - Lawman

Celebrate my 29th AA Birthday today. 29 years ago I put down the bottle for good - and that has changed my life into how I live today.
Home from meeting. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and crackers. Beth calls. Drive to Sam's Club and shop for Hall. Drive home and make some lunch. Watch Lawman recording from this morning while I eat. Watch a Lash LaRue, Al "Fuzzy" St. John PRC Western that followed. Down for nap with Misty. Sleep sound until 2:15. Up and dress - out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Brenda calls - meet her at Hall where we unload and put away. I home. Clean up side yard; sweep some floors inside. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home and we eat. I clean up. Both to office to work. No TV. Later ~

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Beth and I snorkling

I to meeting today; Beth stays home and goes to Dr. I haircut after meeting. Call Beth; then home. Call her and she's still at doctor's. I to bank and credit union. To her place of employment where I pick her up and take her to airport to get car. Home. Quick eat. Down for nap. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Sweep some inside. Work at computer. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home - cook and we eat. she shower; then we watch rerun of Hawaii 5-0. Later ~