We've been traveling. Now in Bismarck, ND at the Western Writers of America convention. Move to Sidney, MT tomorrow to visit family. Home by July 2nd. Tell you all about it then.
Steve

Sunrise at Sea

Drop something to Sandy Daba for Beth on way home from meeting; Home and bring suitcase in to girls bedroom - plus our canvas bags. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. To nails place and meet Beth. Home and fix lunch then Beth joins me. Talk and eat. Nap with girls. Up and help Beth pack. Work at computer for awhile. Fix some dinner and we eat. Both into office. Last of the packing and load into car. Bed early. Later ~

From my last acting job in Deadly Harvest with Patty Duke (L)- I'm in car

My reverse closeup. - (these are taken from frames of the actual 35 mm film that was left on the cutting room floor; never used in the final cut.)

Leave meeting after birthdays - one for 50 years. Drive to Sam's and shop for Hall. Home and unload our stuff. Brenda here cleaning. Beth drops by to give Brenda any last minute updates; I show Brenda how I feed girls. Paul the bug guy here to spray and leaves. When they're all gone I turn on TV and fix a sandwich - watch some westerns on Western Channel while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open (one piece) mail for Beth. Into office and work on computer for awhile. Clean up side yard. Big box arrives UPS from Beth's employers. Beth home and help her bring in her stuff. She out again then back. I start dinner. We eat and talk. After ice cream, I into office and work on computer. She in and joins me. We work for awhile. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

Filming on Republic's Back Lot New England Street - 1950s)

Leave Hall before meeting begins and drive to get blood draw. Home to check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Drive over to Eisenhower to meet Beth in Dr, Shultz's office - he checks out her ankle; then we leave. She back to work and I home. I home and Joel by with neon sign for Beth - it's wrapped for travel: we're taking it to our sister-in-law in Montana who has a cancer center in her home. Make some lunch then watch some Young Guns II, with Emilio Estevez and Keifer Sutherland. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and check e-mail. Work at computer for awhile. Exchange e-mails with our cousin Virginia Young re the Medora weekend while we're in Bismarck. Into dining room to watch some news and O'Reilly. Beth home and I help her in with her stuff. I make dinner and we eat and talk. After cleaning up, she works around house and I write here. Take trash into garage, join her in office. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

Herman Hack is hogtied by Robert Blake and Rocky Lane

Leave meeting a few minutes early and drive home; check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. To car wash and get Dodge washed. Home and work at computer for awhile. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi and talk for awhile. Joel calls - he'll bring neon sign to meeting tomorrow. Back to computer. Into living room and turn on TV. Watch Welcome to Hard Times, with Henry Fonda, Warren Oates, and Janice Rule; adapted and directed by Burt Kennedy. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office and spend time on computer. Clean up side yard. Beth home early. Help her in with her stuff. She reads mail; I write here. Into kitchen where she's baking fish for fish tacos. I help by grating cheese, setting table, etc. Eventually we eat and talk. Clean up then into office and we both work. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

Uncle George with script on The Brady Bunch

Stop to talk with Nader on way home from meeting. On home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Fill dog food cans; then bring in luggage from shed. Around 9:30 I drive down to bank and do some business; then on to Palm desert to get a battery for Beth's watch. Home and make lunch. Turn on TV and watch the rest of Geronimo: an American Legend while I eat. Good movie. Down for nap with girls. Sleep until 2:00. Up and check e-mail. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Scan new True West and TV Guide magazines. Work in office for awhile. In to kitchen and turn on TV news. Beth drives in and turn TV off. Help her in with her stuff. We talk for a minute while I start dinner. She into office while dinner cooks. She in and we eat and talk. After cleaning up we both into office. She shower. I get ready. Later ~

Uncle George (R) with June Sampson and Dan Blocker discuss upcoming scene on Bonanza set

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Leash both girls and into my car. We drive to Marchelle's home where she give them both a bath and a nail trim. Home and de-leash both of them. Trouble with Daisy's halter; Marchelle put it on wring and Daisy doesn't like it when I try to remove it. Make some lunch and into living room to watch Geronimo: An American Legend, with Wes Studi and Matt Damon. Down for nap with girls - able to remove Daisy's halter. Up and into office - out to get mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Lou Bartoletti calls. He's on way to Arizona and wants to stop by for a minute. I get place ready and he's here. We talk and bring each other up to date. He leaves after about 45-minutes. Get table prepared for dinner. Beth home and I help her to unload. She in and we talk. I start dinner; then we eat. After she washes her hair while I put out trash. Into bedroom where she watches GOP Debate. I to office and write here. I get ready and join her in bedroom. Later ~

Uncle George (R) runs lines with Lillian Gish and David Janssen on Warning Shot set


Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall to meet Brenda. I up 5:15. Check e-mail then shower and shave. Fix breakfast and eat. In to trim beard. E-mail from James in Florida. Beth home. We talk for a minute while she reads paper. I to Jensen's and Albertson's to shop for groceries. Home and unload and put away. Bring Beth's car into garage. She into office; I join her with chips. We both work. I into kitchen to fix lunch. She joins me and we eat. Both of us down for nap with girls. I up and feed girls. Work in office; call and talk with James Jenkins in Florida, Beth wants to use new electric BBQ. She gets it going and I make salads. Dinner is served - Teriaki steak and chicken shish-ka-bobs, Good meal. We talk and eventually end up in office. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

The Iron Sheriff crew setting up for shot in front of the red barn on Corriganville's Silvertown Main Street

After the morning meeting I go with Beth to the AA Pow Wow convention being held at the Esmeralda hotel in Indian Wells. We get our badges then go to the speaker's room to see Clancy I. do his talk on Singleness of Propose. See a lot of friends at his event. We lave afterward and she drops me off at Hall to get my car. She to her place of employment to check on things. I drive home and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Then I set up lunch - chips and dip. Beth home and we have lunch with girls watching at our feet. After lunch we both into bedroom and nap. I up and check e-mail. She still on bed where she reads. I bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. She up and we putz around house. She prepares white corn for dinner. We eat and talk. Then we watch How Do You Know with Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicklson, Paul Rudd, and Owen Wilson. She showers and I work on computer. Get ready - Later ~

Virginia Mayo and Joel McCrea - Colorado Territory (1949)

Stay for Jay G.s 15th birthday then off to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Home and take our stuff inside. Brenda is here working, I get some chips and into off ice where I check e-mail with girls and the chips. Work in office for awhile; talk with Brenda. Finally into living room where I turn on Western Channel and watch Colorado Territory with Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo. Make a sandwich and eat while I'm viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Skim Roundup and People magazines. Into office to work a little more. Clean up side yard. In to watch end of news and beginning of O'Reilly. Beth home; help her unload her stuff. Cook chili rellanos for dinner and we eat with chips. Both of us into office to work on computers. She in to shower. Later ~

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans filming their TV show at Iverson's Ranch (captured on 8 mm film by yours truly)

After meeting I drive up Hwy 111 to Imaging place to get a bi-annual sonogram of my transplanted kidney. After that, drive home and check e-mail and news sites with chips and girls. Work at computer for awhile. Talk to Beth. Into living room and watch Lights of Old Santa Fe, with Roy and Dale (their second picture together). Make some lunch and eat it while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Out to get mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Call Beth about UPS delivery of check for Sam. I into office and check up on Lights of Old Santa Fe on IMBd Pro. Work at computer for awhile. Into watch O'Reilly - he interviews Herman Cain. Beth home and I put food on table. We eat and talk over ice cream. I put out trash. Into office and work beside Beth. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

With the Here Come the Brides cast - 1969

Rode to meeting with Beth as my car is in the shop. After meeting she drives to her place of employment where I drop her and drive home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer. into living room and start to watch Beverly Hills Cop. Chrysler calls - car is ready. Drive over and pick up Beth - we to Crystal Chrysler. She back to work; I pick up my car and drive home. Make some lunch. Eat while watching a Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter Universal western. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Scan a catalog. Into office and read some things and view a Glen Beck video-audio interview with David Mammet. Have some cookies. Beth home early. Clean up side yard. We talk at dining room table. Make taco ingredients. We eat and talk. Ice cream. Both to office and work. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Slim Pickens massages Steve Ihnat's neck while a long-haired me looks on - The Honkers set - Carlsbad, NM 1971

Leave meeting just before it lets out. To Staples and pick up Beth's Xeroxing; drop old ink cartridges. To Sherry's for my haircut - see Mel. My new windshield wiper fell off on way to meeting - the guy who put it on yesterday didn't do it right. A guy in front of Sherry's fixes it for me. Stop at CVS to pick up photos for Beth. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Window washers are here doing outside and solar panels. I let them inside and Top starts working on the interior. I'm working on computer when Beth shows up. I re-bandage her ankle. She off. I continue work and the window washers are finished and leave. I fix lunch and watch the western channel while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail and trash bin from outside. Feed girls. Play around with the new scanner wand - still haven't mastered it yet. Write here. Beth calls - we will meet at Crystal Chrisler. Meet her there - leave dodge - ride home with her. We talk at table; then I start making dinner. We eat and talk. She to office; I to Nader's to fill up her car. Home and join her in office. When we're done, she showers. No bandage tonight. Watch recorded show in bedroom. Later ~

Roy Jensen and Walter Scott on The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox set in Colorado (1975)

Help close up Hall after meeting. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work some on computer. Beth home and I change her bandage. She to work. I off to drop negatives at CVS Drugs. To Macy's and shop for pants for trip - buy three pair. On to thrift shop and drop stuff Beth wanted me to drop. To Auto Zone and buy new wipers for dodge - guy puts them on. Home and make lunch - TV western channel and watch some Apache Country with Gene Autry; eat lunch while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and scanner wand has arrived from QVC. Start to assemble it. Empty dish washer and put away dishes. Feed girls. Bring in mail and open it for Beth. Clean up side yard. Write here in office. Beth home and we talk. Fix dinner and we eat. Both into office and work. She showers and I get ready. Later ~
After Later: She up in a lot of pain from her ankle surgery. I get some ice and put it on the wound. She is better. Short sleep ~

Richard Dix with badge - Herman Hack far right - unknown western

Sleep in day. Beth up early and off to Hall to work with Brenda. I up 5:40 - shower and shave; dress and into kitchen. Make breakfast and eat while reading the Sunday paper. Into bath to trim my beard. Beth home. We talk. She starts wash. Into office to check computer. Beth and I to green shed to get huge box of photos and bring them inside. She does my pills. Make lunch and we eat. After, she starts in on photo box and I help. I down for nap with girls. Up and into kitchen to continue looking through photos with her. Spend rest of afternoon with photos. Feed girls. Start putting photos away for now. Load clothes and stuff into my car to take to thrift store. Into office and write here. Beth starts cooking chicken for tacos. I help with cheese; lettuce; and tomatoes. We eat and talk. She gets phone call. I help her clean up; then we start getting ready for bed. Later ~

Pamela Duncan and Jimmy Ellison on the Monogram Whispering Hills set - Iverson's western street (1951)

Grocery shopping at 7:30. Left meeting early. See Theresa G. Home and unload; put away food. Into office to check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth home for a few minutes; then off to do some errands. Work at computer. Beth back and I fix us lunch; we eat and talk. I down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Beth says hi. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. She into kitchen to read mail; we talk. Back to computer for awhile. We drive to yellow Basket to meet Glenna for dinner and catch up talk. Home after and both work in office. Watch a Huel Howser show on WWII air raid over So. Cal. We get ready. ~ Later.

Rest in Peace

James Arness passed away today.
Leave meeting 7:30 and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Home and bring stuff I bought for us. Brenda there cleaning. I to office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Talk with Brenda. Beth by so I can change her bandage. Brenda leaves. I call Glenda and she asks me to call imaging place. I call and make appointment for next Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Make some lunch and watch Four Guns to the Border with Rory Calhoun and Walter Brennan. Down for nap with girls. Up and out to get mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Skim People Magazine. Into office and work at computer. Clean up side yard. Head into dining room to watch some O'Reilly but Beth pulls in and I help her bring in her stuff. Talk at table; then I start dinner. We eat and talk; ice cream mini-cones for dessert. Both into office. I take out trash. She showers. I clean up. Later ~

Make up renewal between shots - Lou Grant TV Show

Leave the Hall before meeting begins and drive to get blood drew. Wait for an hour. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer. Beth calls re my Standing Orders and their expiration dates. Take off for Indio and my once a month Conservative Round Table lunch. Meet and greet with good conversations had by all. Home at 2:30. Feed girls and call Beth. Down for late nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Write here. Watch some Fox news. Some O'Reilly as Beth will be late as she's at hairdresser. Beth home. I start dinner. We talk. She into office to catch up on things. We eat dinner and talk. After ice cream she into office. I clean up kitchen then join her. Write here. We do a few more chores before she showers. Change her bandage. Later ~

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. and William Reynolds shoot scene for The FBI TV Series on location

Stop by the 76 station to talk with Nader; then home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth calls - she's coming over. Beth here and we change her bandage. She leaves and I drive to bank to cash check and turn in coin for bills. Home; Into office and check e-mail. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi and we talk for awhile. Into living room and watch Masterson of Kansas, with George Montgomery. Make lunch and eat while viewing. After, into office and look up movie. Get ready and down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Out and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. In to computer and work for awhile. Ross calls and we talk. Watch some Fox News; then it's Bill O'Reilly. Beth home and we talk. She fixes tacos and I help with cheese, tomatoes, and lettuce. We eat and talk. After, she into office; I clean up kitchen. Into office and work at computer. She in to take shower. I finish up here. We both get ready. Change her bandage. Later ~