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

Wednesday, August 31, 2011


I sit in little room with guys then leave at 7:00 to take Beth's Scion to the Toyota dealer to get left rear tail-light replaced. Sit and wait for an hour and a half. Drive to her place of work and trade cars. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Into living room. TV: Stagecoach Outlaws with Buster Crabbe and Al "Fuzzy" St. John. I fix lunch and eat while viewing show. Into office and check computer. Down for nap with girls. Up 2:20: bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office and work at computer. Beth home and I help her bring her stuff inside. We talk for awhile. She orders A NEW HP computer for me. I start BBQ grill. Tenderize my steak and make salads. She into kitchen and starts fixing her chicken. I grill my steak; then we eat. After, she's off to H&I meeting at Hall. She home and we talk - both work in office. She shower. Get her ready for bed; I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, August 30, 2011


Left 5-minutes early with Beth so we could make it to her doctor's appointment at 8:30. Wound is looking really good - new skin growing. Wrap her up again and make next appointment for another apligraft. Drop her at her place of work and I home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and a few chips. Make some lunch then watch "Frontier Fugitives" with Dave O'Brien, Tex Ritter, and Guy Wilkerson. Eat while viewing movie. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Read some. Into office and work at computer for awhile. Beth home. She reads mail and I shuck corn. Start BBQ the put corn on. We eat while watching O'Reilly. Beth stays for Hannity while I into office and watch Elvis on YouTube. She joins me while I write here. She gets ready and so do I. Later ~

Monday, August 29, 2011

Reprisal director George Sherman and Kathryn Crosby on the set

Leave meeting on time as they're running over. Drive home - stop for gas and no Nader. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Call Beth and talk for awhile. Into living room and watch last nights episode of Entourage; plus On Top of Old Smoky with Gene Autry, Gail Davis and Smiley Burnette. Make some lunch and eat while viewing TV. Into bedroom and down for nap with girls. Up at 1:50 - Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. I scan new Cowboy's and Indians magazine. Watch the ending of Reprisal with Guy Madison. Beth home and I help her bring in her stuff. She starts dinner while I work in office. In to eat and we watch O'Reilly. She washes her hair. I into office and write here. She calls her niece, Kelly. Get ready for bed. Later ~

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Our Home in Rancho Mirage, CA

Beth wakes me at 6:00 a.m. - She's off to Hall to visit Brenda and Joe then by her place of work to check out place. I up and shower. Dress, etc. Into kitchen and make breakfast. Beth home. I have breakfast while we both read Sunday paper. I feel much better. Harry calls to ask how I feel - we talk for a few then hang up. I int kitchen to join Beth when Eddie Hernandez calls to talk about last night. Back and talk with Beth. Into dining room and sit with Beth. I up to fix us some lunch; she into office. I call her when it's time to eat. We have lunch together. After, I into bedroom for a nap with girls. Up 2:30 and feed girls. Talk with Beth at dining room table. Putz and piddle through rest of afternoon; then I call in pizza order and run down to pick it up. Home and we eat pizza and girls have pizza bones. I clean up kitchen. She showers; I help. I into office and write here. Beth joins me for awhile. I get ready. Later ~

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Annie Baddely's 80th Birthday

Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and unload and put stuff away. Beth here and we sit and talk for awhile; then I into office and work at computer. Beth and I out to do some chores - one of which is to get flu shots. Home and I fix us some lunch. We eat and talk. After I down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Fed girls. Open mail for Beth. She reads mail and I into office to work at computer. Putz for awhile; then we both start getting ready for Annie's 80th birthday party. I start to feel sick (reaction to flu shot). We drive to Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs. Most of us guests wait in bar for a few minutes; then it's meet and greet on patio where we'll be eating. 17 guests in all. I just keep getting sicker and sicker. I nibble at salad and only a few bites of dinner. Everyone else has a great dinner. By the time the presents are about to be opened, Beth asks if I'd like to leave. I say yes and we leave early. Home and I dive into bed without washing face or anything - sick as a dog. Sleep within minutes. Later ~

Friday, August 26, 2011

Buster Crabbe and Al "Fuzzy" St. John

Home after meeting and meet Brenda when I get there. Into house - she does office first so I wait in kitchen until she's dome. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer for awhile. Into living room and turn on TV. Watch a recording of a Buster Crabbe and Fuzzy St. John PRC western. Brenda leaves so I make a sandwich and eat while I view movie. Into bedroom an down for nap with girls. Up 2:00 and check e-mail. Bring in mail and open it for Beth. Feed girls. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Work in office for an hour or so. She works on her projects. I start BBQ. Make salads and start barbecuing my steak. She cooks her chicken inside. We both eat while watching O'Reilly. Hurricane Irene moving in fast on east coast. I into office to write here. Beth joins me. We get ready for bed. Later ~

Thursday, August 25, 2011

John Russell and director Stuart Heisler on Warner's back lot Laramie Street

Leave meeting early and to Sam's to shop for Hall. Stop at Albertson's on way home to pick up fruit and lettuce. Home and inside - it's getting hot. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer. Talk to Beth. Into living room and watch a Lash LaRue and Fuzzy St. John recorded western. Fix some lunch and eat while viewing. After, watch a western on regular western channel. Down for nap with girls. Up 2:00 and bring in mail; open it for Beth. Feed girls. Jimmy George calls. Work at computer for awhile.Beth home and bring her stuff inside. We talk. I into office and work while she stays in dining room and works. I to kitchen to make dinner - salads. We eat while watching O'Reilly. Some Hannity. Into office and check the net. She works at her computer. She washes her hair. She takes a shower. Gets ready while I get ready. I write here. Into bedroom and: Later ~

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Cass, Dobbs, Lodge, writing Rio Diablo in the Big Bend, TX

Beth and I both leave a hair early so we can run by her place of employment; drop her car; then make it to her doctor's appointment by 8:30. Her wound is getting along well. Check it and re-bandage, Graft is doing all right. Back in a week. Drop her at work and I home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Eventually in to make sandwich and watch Journey to Shiloh with James Caan while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Up at 2:00; get dressed and check e-mail. Beth home. We talk at table. I bring in mail and open it for her. Feed girls. Spend some time at computer. She is in dining room. Join her and start to make dinner. She into office. Dinner ready and we eat. Watch O'Reilly while eating. Clean up and into office. I write here. She in dining room. I join her. We talk and TV. Both get ready for bed. Later ~

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Michael Dante, Randolph Scott, and director Bud Boetticher - Westbound (1959)

Home from meeting for a second or two; then to car wash and get Dodge washed. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work some at computer. Call Beth re an e-mail. Call Jimmy George and we talk for awhile - he's still messed up with a bad foot. I drive into Palm Desert to pick up a Western burger at Carl's, Jr. Home and watch Westbound with Randolph Scott and Virginia Mayo while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Up 2:15. Out to get mail and meet Beth coming in. Open mail for Beth. Help her in with ironing. She relaxes for a few. I join her. We talk about the day for both of us. She does a few chores and I take care of a few things in office. She shucks corn while I get BBQ going. BBQ corn-on-the-cob for dinner. Set table and all. We eat while watching O'Reilly. Clean up. I into office and work for awhile. She joins me. Get her into shower. Get ready for bed. Later ~

Monday, August 22, 2011


Both to meeting today - first time since last Tuesday for me. Stop at Von's and pick up something for Beth; on to CVS and get some mouthwash for me and a watch for her. Home. Try call Jimmy George. Talk to Beth. I to drop packages at UPS for her then home. Work at computer for awhile. Watch Entourage recording. Make some lunch and watch Boots and Saddles with Gene Autry while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Beth joins me while I sleep. Up at 3:00 and feed girls. Back and talk to Beth. Get up and dress. Bring in mail and open it for Beth. I into office and work on project. Beth checks her e-mail pile and into dining room. I join her. Start BBQ. Make salads. Start grilling my QVC steak while she fries her QVC chicken. We eat and talk. Clean up and I put out trash. Into office and write here. She gets ready for bed followed by me. Later ~

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Our friend Brenda with our friend Sam

Usual sleep in day brings forth same. Up at 4:30. Shower and dress. Beth will follow later. I into kitchen and start making breakfast. Bring in Sunday paper. Start eating breakfast with paper at table and Beth joins me. She eats a little. Both of us getting much better. I into office to work at computer. Brenda here and starts cleaning. Beth and Brenda chat. Beth and I talk at dining room table for awhile. After some time I start to make lunch. We eat as Brenda finishes up. After lunch we both down for nap. Up to feed girls at 3:00. Both of us up and get things going again - she in kitchen washing her hair; I in office with writing here. We spend some time in dining room talking and watching TV. I fix us dinner - salads. After, she cleans grill for tomorrow; then she showers. I get ready; she gets ready. Later ~

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Beth contemplating life on the private verandah outside our cabin on our Hawaiian Cruse a year ago

I sleep in until 4:30. Up, shower and dress. Hi to Beth who is still not up to par. I make breakfast and am joined by Beth who has some left-over macaroni from last night. I have usual waffle and bacon. She back to bed while I get ready and head to my usual grocery store to shop for us. Home and put it all away. Talk to Beth who gets up again. Then I to her Albertson's to pick up some drugs and on to my pedicure. Pick up tacos and home. We eat and talk. Both down for nap. I up 2:00. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. She up and reads mail. I to office to catch up on e-mail. She cleans up packages and other things in kitchen and dining room. She joins me in office. Both into dining room. Watch Huckabee while I make dinner and we eat. She decides she's too tired to wash hr hair and heads to bed. I stay up for awhile and write here. I get ready. Later ~

Friday, August 19, 2011

Alexis smith and Stephen McNally in Wyoming Mail

We both sleep in - no meeting for us. Brenda calls. I up and get dressed. Breakfast and paper. She up and dressed. We off to her doctor's appointment by 11:15. Today she has a skin graft on her ankle. The scraping of the wound causes a lot of pain. Home and she down for rest and ice on foot. I make lunch and eat while watching Wyoming Mail with Stephen McNally and Alexis Smith. I feed girls then down for nap. Up 3:45. Bring in chicken and steaks from QVC that were delivered while we slept. Into fridge. Work in office. She in bed and bring her things. She into dining room. I make macaroni for dinner and we eat. She does my pills. She into bedroom. I clean up and put stuff away. Help her get ready for bed. I write here then I get ready. Later ~

Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Great Randolph Scott

Both of us still showing signs of sickness; no meeting - call Bill W. I shower and dress - make and eat breakfast. She's not hungry. She tries to get up but only for a short time then back to bed. I work at computer for awhile. I watch the end of a Randolph Scott western I started a few days ago: Thunder Over the Plains; co-starring Lex Barker. Followed by another western: The First Texan with Joel McCrea. Make a cheese sandwich and eat. Down for nap with Beth. Up 2:30. Check e-mail; bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. She in bed all afternoon, though she is able to get a few washes done. I drive to her place of employment to get the mail. Once home i start dinner - a steak for me, some noodles for her. Watch O'Reilly with Laura Ingram. She back to bed. I clean up and take trash out. Bring in laundry and put more in. Into office and check e-mail. Write here. Both get ready for bed early. Later ~

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Misty has been very concerened about Beth


We decide not to do meeting at 2:00 a.m. - she's been throwing up all night; my stomach still isn't good. I up 4:00. Shower and dress. Make breakfast and eat. No antibiotics. Work on computer. Get her up at 5:30. She wants to go to her doctor appointment rain or shine. We're both ready by 8:00 and leave for doctor at 8:15. Her wound is doing OK. Getting better and better. They'll do graft on Friday. We home and she to bed. I make some toast and honey then stay up for another hour before I join her. We both sleep until 2:00. I up and drive to Von's for crackers and Gatorade. Home and she eats crackers and Gatorade. I have some, too. She sleeps in p.m. - I work at computer. She wants nothing to do with food. I BBQ a steak on grill; eat while watching O'Reilly with Laura Ingram. In to see her. Work at computer. I into bed beside her and we sleep early. Later ~

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Having a hard time waking up from her nap

Up feeling better but not great. Queasy through meeting. After to Sherry's for haircut. Call Beth and meet her at Ramona Tire; drive her to her place of employment. Sam by to help put MDD boxes away, etc. Down for nap at 11:00. Nap until 1:30. Up and check computer. Call Beth. Over to pick her up and to pick up her car. She back to work and I home. Bring in mail and feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Eat a waffle and some bacon. Work at computer for awhile. Beth home and I help her in with her stuff. I fix dinner while we watch O'Reilly with Laura Ingram. Eat and TV. She cleans up. Get her ready for shower. She showers. I get ready and she gets ready. Later ~

Monday, August 15, 2011

Scene from The Raiders

Very bad stomach hits me just before we leave for meeting. I stay home while she takes off for Hall. I watch Raiders with Robert Culp and Brian Keith. Then Beth calls and I find some Sprite on service porch. Down for nap by 9:00. Up and down until 12:00 and Beth calls. Back to bed until 2:00. Check e-mail and news sites. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth Into office and read the news sites. Try my afternoon pills and immediately throw up. Back to computer until Beth home. She brings her stuff inside; I bring in ironing. Start cooking dinner - spaghetti and salad or her; bland noodles for me. We watch O'Reilly with Laura as host. I eat half and take a pill. She into office. I join her and continue writing here. Get her ready for her shower. She showers. Both get ready for bed. Later ~

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Dylan's Wedding Shower at our House

Sheri, Theresa, Kathy, and Pat

Beth and Kathy as toilet paper brides

Dylan - the real bride-to-be

Sleep in day for both of us. I up 5:00; check e-mail and news sites with girls. Shower and dress. Make breakfast. Get Beth up then go and eat breakfast with Sunday paper. Betty Ford Center fight is headline. Beth up and gets dressed - I help her with pants. We talk and read paper together. Get some things ready for this afternoon's shower. She out to pick up a few afterthoughts while I make us some lunch. She home and we eat and talk. I down for short nap with girls. Beth wake me up in an hour; then it's difficult to go back to sleep for 45-mins. Up at 1:30. Brenda here. I feed girls. I into office and watch Kermit Maynard in Red Blood of Courage. Then I stay there until her party is over. One exception is when I'm called out to take pixs of some events. Later, Brenda brings me some cake. Finally party is over. Beth and I work in office. I send some pics to Dylan by e-mail. I fix us some dinner and we eat. Cake for dessert. Beth washes her hair. Into office to write here. Beth gets ready for bed followed by me doing the same. Later ~

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Sam Cropper fixing stained glass on our player piano

Grocery shopping after I leave meeting at 7:30. Home and unload then put away stuff. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth home after some ironing and other things at her place of employment. We talk at dining room table. She takes off for Chico's and other places of interest. I into office and work on computer for awhile. Beth home and I make tuna sandwiches for us. We eat and talk. I down for nap with girls in our bedroom. Beth reads paper and watches golf. I up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Read some things at table. Talk with Beth. She into office and changes her pants. I get ready to go out. We drive to Consuelas Cafe to meet Glenna for dinner. Talk and eat. Home for ice cream then she showers. I write here in office. Get her ready for bed; I get ready. Later ~

Friday, August 12, 2011

Sarah Palin

Leave meeting at 7:30 and to Sam's to shop for Hall and us. Home and unload our stuff. Brenda there - offers to help but not that much. I into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. To Beth's place of employment to pick he up and take her to wound clinic. She meets with Dr. Pederson and has wound cleaned and re-wrapped. Looking better each visit. Drop her at work and she follows me home. I take side trip and drop package at mail post office. Home and I ice down her ankle; then I make lunch for us and we eat. Finally, I down for nap with girls. She stays in dining room and reads paper and TV. I up 3:00. Bring in mail and open it for Beth. Feed girls. Into office and check e-mail. Move some things around on desk. Work at computer. Start our dinner and we eat at 5:00. Watch O'Reilly with Juan Williams sitting in. Later Hannity at Iowa State Fair with Sarah Palin. I int office and write here. Get Beth ready for bed. I get ready for bed. Later ~

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Our Girl Daisy

After meeting I head home to check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Play with girls. Into living room and watch The Left Handed Gun with Paul Newman. Fix some lunch and eat while viewing. After ice cream it's down for nap with girls. Wake up 2:30. Bring in mail. Open mail. Feed girls. Put marinade on neat and cover. Clean up side yard. Work at computer. Beth at hairdresser's today. Later on I start getting dinner ready. Start BBQ. Make salads. Beth eventually comes home. Unload her car. Start cooking on BBQ. Beth settles in to watch Republican Debate. I put dinner together and serve it. We eat while watching TV. I clean up inside and out. Into office and start getting ready for bed. Write here. Help her get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Michael Landon with fans on Bonanza set, Paramount Studios

Beth leaves meeting before meeting to get to dentist appointment. I home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites With girls and chips. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi. Work at computer for awhile. Into living room and continue Ride a Crooked Trail with Audie Murphy. Fix lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Open mail for Beth. Feed girls. Into office and work at computer. Clean up side yard. Bring in ironing; got bottled water bucket out for Beth. Work at computer. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. We talk at dining room table for awhile. I start BBQ. Shuck corn-on-the-cob. Fix her a salad. Start cooking corn. Turn on O'Reilly; it starts. Finish corn and bring it in. Table is set. Call her. We eat dinner while watching O'Reilly. Clean up then Ice Cream. She to office. I join her and write here. Get her ready for shower - she showers. Get her ready for bed. I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Audie Murphy shooting a scene

Home after meeting; check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work for awhile in office. To bank and make deposits for Beth. To Beth's place of employment and pick her up; take her to Eisenhower wound center where they take off her bandage and check the wound. She's getting much better. Then she's re-bandaged and told to come back Friday. Drop her at work and I on home. I fix some lunch then watch some Ride a Crooked Trail with Audie Murphy. Down for late nap. Up 3:00 - bring in mail and open it for Beth. Beth home from work. I help her inside and put ice on her wound. Check e-mail and work on computer. In to start dinner. Crank up BBQ. Marinate meat and start salads. BBQ the meat and finish salads and set up table. We eat - good! - She washes her hair. Both work in office. Get her ready for bed. I get ready. Later ~

Monday, August 08, 2011

June Sampson, Dan Blocker, George Rutter on Bonanza set

June Sampson and Michael Landon on Bonanza set

Leave meeting 10-minutes early; take Greg home; then on to Albertson's to shop for groceries for home. Drive home and unload and put away. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for while. Turn on TV then turn it off. Call Beth. Start making sandwiches for us. She home and we eat.Some ice cream then we both down - me for nap and she to put leg up. I wake up one and a half hours later with leg cramp. She still asleep. I walk off cramp. Get dressed; ring in mail. Beth up while I feed girls and open mail for her. I get a Bonanza 50-year book from a friend. go through it. Sit with her for awhile. Into office and work at computer. Write a little. Type some things for Beth; we move several MDD tubs to service porch. Start getting dinner ready; she joins me. Turn of O'Reilly - watch while preparing tacos and eating with her. Some ice cream. Clean up dinner dishes. She out to water plants. In to office to work. She joins me. I write here. Both get ready for bed. Later ~

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Maad Dog Daze 2011 Convention Photos





We up around 6:00. Beth's ankle feels as good as it ever has. I get ready then get her ready. We to dining room to have breakfast. Joined by another committee member to talk. To room and Beth heads out among them. I sack out for a few. Beth and Dawn back to room to talk. I out for walk around. Back to room and start packing. Beth packed earlier. Watch some TV - old Ed Sullivan Show comedians. Meet Beth after final meeting and we join rest of committee in hotel dining room for committee lunch. Move out of room and pack it up. Drive home - she in house to put foot up. I unload car. Check e-mail, etc. I down for nap beside Beth. When I wake up she is on phone. I check e-mail again then download pics and write here for the last three days. Ice cream with Beth. We get ready for bed. She watch TV from bed. I sleep. Later ~

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Beth gets money ready for bank deposit

Beth, Sheri, and me at MDD banquet

Beth has good, almost painless sleep all night. We up early. I get ready then help her to get ready. To dining room for breakfast together. Several of her fellow committee members stop by to talk. Brenda there - she's working in hospitality room. We to room while Beth gets money ready for trip to bank. Sheri takes her to bank. I talk to Brenda; take some pics; to room for nap. Beth back and I up from nap. She to room to put her leg up. We talk and TV. No QVC, thank God. We spend the rest of the afternoon in room then get ready for banquet. She off to planning meeting; I join her at 6:00 for banquet. Fellow members join me at table and finally Beth gets there. Dinner and chat with friends. Beth and I leave before speaker and go to room. Get ready for bed and watch NCIS marathon until we go to sleep. Later ~

Friday, August 5, 2011

Beth and Sheri at Maad Dog Daze

Doral pool from our room

A couple of lost souls at MDD convevtion

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Brenda is here cleaning. I drive girls to Marchelle the groomer where they both get baths. Home with girls. Brenda is gone and Beth is home. I work at computer. Beth and I have a quick lunch. After Ice cream, I down for nap. Around 2:00, Sheri Priess by to pick up Beth and take her to Doral hotel for MDD. I up and pack more until I'm ready. Feed girls. Then I into car and drive to Doral hotel. Beth has already checked in; so I take my stuff to room and put it away. Out and find Beth - who is using her walker this year. We talk, and I mingle with others. To Bill White's mini-meeting at 5:00. When that's over I join Beth, Brenda and Sheri for dinner in hotel dining room. We to hospitality room for ice cream cone before we head to room to get ready for bed. Watch some TV together. Later ~

Thursday, August 04, 2011

Filming a scene for the Lassie TV Series

Leave meeting at 7:30 and go to Walgreen's to pick up shower sock for Beth - I get clip on dark gasses. On to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Drive home and unload our stuff. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Talk to Beth who is at work. Work on computer for awhile. Sam calls - he can come over early. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi. Sam here and I give him instructions on feeding girls, etc. He's taking care of house and girls during Maad Dog Daze. I get ready and off to Indio for Monthly Conservative Round Table - stop on El Paseo to pick up stuff for Beth on way. Arrive in Indio and to Chinese place. We have lunch and good political discussion. I leave at 2:30. Home just before 3:00. Feed girls. Beth is down with leg up. I get ready and into bed for nap. Girls too. I up 4:30; join Beth in office. I out and start BBQ. prepare meat -steak for me and chicken-ka-bob and salad for her. Turn on O'Reilly. Cook and watch TV. Meat done and bring in in. We eat and watch O'Reilly. She into bedroom and foot up. I bring ice cream in to her and we enjoy dessert. She up from leg up exercise. Both prepare for bed. I try to call Randy Hewitson who contacted me through Linkden. Help her get undressed. Then I get ready. Write here. Later ~

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

With James Coburn on The Honkers set - Carlsbad, NM (1971)

Leave meeting early with Beth because she has appointment with wound clinic at 8:00. I home and pick her up at her work place then to Eisenhower campus and wound clinic. Finally she's found someone who understands what her problem is all about. No more VAC for now. The take culture (for first time); take pics of wound; use Lidocaine so she has no pain; very careful all around. Beth and I both impressed - she back in a week. To blood draw for her while I to drop and pick up antibiotics at Sav-On across street. First time anyone has noticed she has an infection, too. Pick her up at blood place and we get her car at work and both home. I fix lunch while she takes MDD calls. We eat and I have ice cream desert. I down for nap with girls while she joins me for a half hour with her foot up. I up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for her, I work in office. She now has to lie down every two hours with her foot up. She into office while I make her a fast dinner. She into dining room and eat. Then she's off for MDD meeting at Hall. I watch some TV. She home and has ice cream. Start getting her ready for bed. MDD people still coming by at all hours. I write here. Then I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Beth's Foot - no vacuum for a day. Pain Clinic tomorrow

Home quick after meeting - check e-mail but don't read. Hi to girls; then straight to Beth's place of employment to pick her up. We to Eisenhower for her appointment with Dr. Shultz. Nearly first one in and he says it looks better but he's sending her to Pain Clinic starting tomorrow. We to car and zip up to credit union; then over to Pet Smart to get Daisy food; on to Costco to pick up her new glasses and back to her place of work. I off to pick up hamburger and chicken Sante Fe at Carl's, Jr. Home with food. Phone message for Beth from pain clinic. Call her with info. I go ahead and eat while I watch second episode of Entourage. She home and eats. I down for nap with girls. She reads paper and works on MDD stiff. I up and feed girls. Bring in mail. She opens mail and reads. I into office and work at computer. I to bank to for her; then to gas up her car. Home. She's taking calls regarding MDD. We watch O'Reilly. I make dinner and we eat. At 6:00 I into office and one of her MDD ladies drops by. I write here. Lady gone. Get Beth ready for shower. Get her ready for bed. I get ready. Later ~

Monday, August 01, 2011


Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Write an outline of a dream I had last night in case I ever want to start a novel using the theme. I call Beth and she'll be home soon. She finally gets here and set her up at table with ice on her foot. We talk for awhile. She into office and people begin to arrive to drop off things for MDD and to turn in registration. Finally I make us some lunch and we eat. Nurse hasn't called yet so I into bedroom and down for nap with girls. While I sleep, Beth calls nurse - the old nurse had forgotten to tell the new nurse she needed to show up today. The new nurse comes over and takes the VAC vacuum off Beth's ankle. I finally up with a foot cramp. Walk it out and finally get up and dressed. Nurse still here when I get food ready for girls. Into office and feed them while I work at computer. Nurse leaves and I into dining room to talk to Beth. She into office while I make salads for dinner - she has some frozen Italian food. After dinner she works at dining room table. I in to office and watch Ken Maynard in Phantom Thunderbolt (1933) on a western web site. Check with her in dining room, then back to office to write here. We get her ready for bed - no VAC tonight. I get ready. Later ~