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

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Oliver and Monroe: The Prince and the Showgirl

Alan "Rocky" Lane

Grocery Shopping after I leave meeting at 7:30. Drive home when I'm finished and unload and put away in kitchen. Brenda stayed for meeting after meeting so she'll be late. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and Fritos. Brenda here and she starts cleaning. I into living room and turn on TV. Watch a Rocky Lane western on Netflex. Brenda leaves. I make lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls at 12:20. Up at 2:30 - Beth is home. I comb hair and wash up. Work at computer for awhile. Into kitchen and talk with Beth. Feed girls. Work in office for awhile. Beth joins me. We get ready and drive to The River. Look around then to P.F. Chang's where we meet Bill and Sonny White for dinner. Nice food and company. Drive home. She showers while I write here. Then we watch recording of The Prince and the Showgirl, with Marilyn Monroe and Lawerence Oliver. I get ready. Join her. Later ~

Friday, March 30, 2012

Mari Blanchard and Forest Tucker in Stagecoach to Fury

Leave meeting &:25 and drive to Sam's Club. Shop for Hall. Drop some things to Beth on way home. I on home and unload our stuff. To office and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Sean over and he hooks up Netlex to our Blu-ray and then to TV. He leaves. I turn on a Netflex western: Stagecoach to Fury, with Forest Tucker. Have some lunch while I'm viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. UPS here with package for Beth. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office for awhile. Into kitchen and start dinner. Beth home and we eat. After, she washes her hair while I write here in office.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Beth on yacht

Beth leaves meeting early to gas up van. I leave 7:15 and home; make sure girls are OK. To Beth's place of employment and meet Beth - we drive to San Diego to pick up stuff from boat - Mike has it ready for us. Load up and drive back. Stop in Temeculla for Mexican lunch; then drive on home. I get my car and head home. Arrive 2:30 - feed girls and have ice cream. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Start dinner. Beth home. Unload her stuff. We eatand talk. Into living room and watch CSI: Miami recording from last Sunday night. Get ready; she shower. Later ~

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Walton Goggens - Justified

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi and we talk. Head out around 9:30 to get sandwich for rest of week's lunches; then to shoe shop to get new new pair of Birkenstocks. Home and watch Justified, recorded last night, on TV while eating lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Call her about check from SD. Clean up side yard. Beth here for check - leaves. I work in office the rest of afternoon. Beth home and we eat - she sushi; I more sandwich and chops. She off to H&I meeting. I try to work on Netflex. Beth home and we watch NCIS recorded last night. I look up Shelter Island. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Bob Steele

Leave Hall 6:45 and drive to get blood draw. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. To car wash and get Dodge washed. Stop by and say hi to Nader - buy lottery ticket for tonight. Home and work at computer. Watch a Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy St. John PRC western on computer. Into living room and watch a Bob Steele, Fuzzy At. John western. Fix lunch and est while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail from outside; feed girls; open mail for Beth; clean up side yard; bring in recycle bin. Work in office for awhile. Into kitchen and prepare potatoes for dinner. Chop onions; grate cheese; get out Ranch dressing. Make our salads chop lettuce and cut avocados. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. She takes over and cook potatoes. I set table. O'Reilly is on. We eat. She up and does wash. Both into office and work I write here. Into living room and watch recording of Smash from Monday night.Both into office - I write here. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

Monday, March 26, 2012

Eddie Dean

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Work at computer for awhile. To bank and make some deposits for Beth. Gas up at Nader's. Home and call Jimmy George in Mississippi. Turn on TV. Watch The Hawk of Powder River, with Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, and Jeniffer Holt. Make lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in UPS for Beth;out again and bring in mail. Feed girls;open mail for Beth; clean up side yard. Jimmy calls again for a quick message. Into office and work at computer. Beth calls - she'll be later than she thought. Tells me to go ahead and eat alone. Into kitchen and turn on O'Reilly. Start making stuff for tacos. When I'm done, I eat. Clean up and put cheese in fridge. Into office and write here. Beth home around 6:45. Help her in with her stuff. Set her up at table and heat tortilla. She has taco and we watch some Hannity. After her dessert we clean up kitchen then she in and shower. I turn on DWTS annd into office to finish up here. Clean up. Into bedroom to join her. Later ~

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Beth and Steve

Sleep in day - up at 6:00 a.m. Shave and shower while she stays in bed. I bring in paper and start preparing breakfast. I eat while reading Sunday paper; she in and has cottage cheese and grapefruit. I to bathroom and trim beard. Into kitchen and sit with her while she reads. To office and work on computer. She joins me in office. We into dining room and have lunch together - sandwiches from yesterday with chips and Fritos. I down for nap with girls. She over to her place of employment to sit with Jo while Melissa goes out shopping. She home and joins me in office. She out to water flowers. Call James in Florida and talk. Spend sometime together in dining room before we fix dinner. We eat and talk. Unpack and set up new QVC blender. I into office to look up recipes. She joins me. She showers while I write here. Later ~

Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Baron of Arizona, with Vincent Price

Leave meeting before it starts and to Albertson's for grocery shopping. Home and unload with help from Brenda; I put stuff away. Sam is here also; paining her bathroom. Check e-mail and news sites with Fritos. Off to meet Beth at Happiness Nails for pedicure. Buy three Subway sandwiches -two for Beth, one for me. I home and turn on TV and get my lunch ready. Watch Baron of Arizona while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Up and Bth is home. I feed girls; clean up side yard. She into office and makesphone calls. I wait in dining room. Into office and start on blog. We get ready and drive down to The Old Spaghetti Factory to meet Grippi' for dinner. Good food and company. Home; Beth returns Fran's phone call. Then we both watch Alcatraz recordingh from last Monday. She showers while I get ready. Later ~

Friday, March 23, 2012

Randolph Scott in Tall Man Riding


Leave meeting at 7:30 and to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Home after and unload our stuff and her employers' purchase, Sam is here painting my bathroom. I into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and Fritos. Paul here from Dragon - help his with sheds and pit; rat traps. He goes, Back to office and continue working while Sam finishes up painting. I move to living room and turn on TV. Sam leaves. I watch Tall Man Riding with Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone. Make lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up in two hours and bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Zicam delivery. Work on WIP in office - Dawn of Eagles. Clean up side yard. Back to office and continue writing. Into kitchen and turn on news while I make salads. Start cooking macaroni. Beth home and help her inside with her stuff. Continue cooking mac and Cheese. We sit down and eat. After dessert she washes her hair while I write here. Both into living room to watch recording of Smash from Monday night. She showers while I get ready. Finish writing here. Later ~

Thursday, March 22, 2012


Sam follows me home after meeting - he glues cabinet sidings in prep work for tomorrow's painting. I check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami, and chips. Sam leaves. I work some more in office then move to living room where I watch the beginnings of a few movies and finally settle on Return to Warbow, with Phil Carey and Andrew Duggan. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up in two hours and bring in mail from outside; feed girls; open mail for Beth; clean up side yard. Into office and work on WIP for awhile. Into kitchen and start preparing corn on the cob for dinner. Start BBQ, Make avocado salads for both of us. Beth home and we eat. After dessert we watch last night's recording of CSI: Vegas. Beth showers while I get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

James Stewart and Henry Fonda in Firecreek

Beth leaves meeting early to help pick up Jo. Sam and Dale by to fix various things; they'll be back tomorrow. Check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami, and chips. Work on WIP for awhile. Into living room and watch last night's recording of Justified. After that, watch the conclusion of Firecreek, with Jimmy Stewart and Hank Fonda. Make lunch and eat while viewing. Talk to Beth. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office. To kitchen and start dinner. Turn on O'Reilly. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Set up table with our food. We eat and talk while watching Hannity. After dessert we both into office. I write some here. Into living room turn on TV. Wait for Beth then we watch last night's recording of NCIS. She shower; I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Taming of the West

Beth leaves meeting early to get Jo to vet. I home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami, and chips. Talk to Beth. Into living room and watch The Taming of the West, with Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meridith, and Dub Taylor. Eat while viewing. Call Beth. Down for nap with girls. Up 2:00. Work at computer for an hour. Out to bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth; clean up side yard. Work in office for an hour or so. Into kitchen and start preparing taco stuff. Turn on O'Reilly. Grate cheese and the rest. Find some beans. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. She into office while I finish setting up table. We have dinner - tacos. After dessert we into living room and watch last nights redcording of Hawaii Five-0. She does wash then showers. I write here then get ready. Later ~

Monday, March 19, 2012

Bath Day Again

Leave meeting minutes early and by PD Post Office to work graphite into PO box lock so it will open easier. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Drive girls to Marchelle's for baths and grooming. Home with girls then fix lunch and watch TV western while eating. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail; bring in mail from outside; feed girls; open mail for Berth; clean up side yard. Put meat out back to thaw in sun. Work at computer rest of afternoon. Bring in meat. Write here a little. Start BBQ. Beth home; help her inside with her stuff. I BBQ meat while Brth checks her e-mail. We eat dinner and talk. After dessert we watch CSI: Miami recording from last night. Both to office. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Beth does my pill boxes

RAINED IN NIGHT; more in afternoon
Sleep in day. Up 5:30 - shave. In to get her up. To office and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Shower, dress, and out to get paper. In with paper and start making breakfast. Eat and read Sunday paper. Joined by Beth who eats with me. Into office; then back to dining room. Get our pill boxes and she does my pills. She off to her Fran appointment. I pick up Subway sandwiches. Home and work at computer. Beth home and we eat our Subways. Sit and talk with her for awhile then down for nap with girls. She does MDD meeting while I sleep I up and check e-mail. Beth home from MDD meeting and she irons shirts. I work in office writing here. Spend some time on computer. Brth begins making dinner; I in to make salads. We eat early. After dessert we both into office and work side by side - I finish writing here. She shower; I get ready. Later ~

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Scene from My Week With Marilyn

RAIN
Grocery shopping at 7:30 after I leave meeting early. Home and unload stuff and take it inside with Brenda's help. Make some popcorn and split it with Brenda. I work in office - check e-mail and news sites with popcorn and girls. Brenda leaves early as she shkowed up early. I work at computer. I eat while watching Colorado Territory with Joel McCrea. Get ready for nap. Beth home and I help her in with things. We talk for awhile. Move cars around. I down for nap with girls; while she takes off to shop for mission with Brenda. Starts to RAIN. I finally down for nap with girls. Up 3:0, bring in mail from out front; feed girls; just magazines. Beth home anf I help her bring in more groceries. Make some soup for early dinner and we eat while watching Huckabee. After dessert we watch My Week With Marilyn. She showers; I get ready and write here. Later ~

Friday, March 16, 2012

Cast of Alcatraz

Leave meeting half way through and drive to Sam's and shop for Hall. Home and unload our stuff and take it inside. Check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami, and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Jimmy George calls - he's out of hospital and says he's doing OK. Trade e-mails with James Jenkins in Florida about helping a guy in Germany find out where Beaut, the horsed who played Fury, is buried. Into living room and watch some TV; finally end up watching Home in Wyomin', with Gene Autry and Fae McKensey. Eat lunch while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up in an hour or so. Check-mail; out to bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth; clean up side yard. Spend time in office surfing news sites, etc. Beth home with tamales. Set table and heat tamales then we eat - chips on side. She does another wash then we sit down and watch Alcatraz recording from last Monday. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Gene Autry

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami, and chips. Work at computer for an hour or so. Into living room and watch Tuesday's recording of Justified. Make some lunch and watch South of the Border with Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, and Duncan Renaldo. Down for nap with girls. Up in two hours: check-mail; bring in mail from outside; feed girls; clean up side yard. Into office and work at desk for an hour. Into kitchen and shuck some corn. Out back and set up BBQ. Make our salads. Beth home from work. Help her in with her stuff. She irons my new parrot shirt. I BBQ corn and set table. We eat and talk - some TV. Into office for a few minutes. To living room and watch last night's recording of CSI: Vegas. She shower while I get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Daisy at Vet today - she was pissed at me for taking her and wouldn't get near me.

Home after meeting to check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. To Sherry's by 9:00 for haircut. Pick up vacuum cleaner and drop it to Beth at her place of employment. Home. Have my lunch early while watching a Gene Autry Western: The Singing Hill. Take Daisy to her 11:30 dentist appointment - first time with teeth cleaning. Home and down for nap with girls. Up by 2:00 and check e-mail. Out to get mail and bring inside. Feed girls. Clean up side yard. Open mail for Beth. Into office and work on computer. Eventually into kitchen to start preparing dinner. Turn on O'Reilly. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. She starts cooking dinner. I set table. Wash up. We eat and talk - watch some Hannity. After dessert we watch last nights recorded rerun of NCIS. Call Harry. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler in Foxfire(1955)

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami, and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Find Kona AA Schedule online and print it. More work on computer. Talk to Beth. Drive to Beth's place of employment and drop letter. On to vacuum shop and drop vacuum cleaner. Pick up a tuna sandwich at Subway. Home and watch Foxfire, with Jane Russell and Jeff Chandler. Eat lunch while viewing. Stop recording and down for nap with girls. Up in 2-hours and bring in mail from outside - not much. Feed girls. No mail to open. Clean up side yard. Into office and work on computer. To kitchen and prepare tacos. Beth calls -she is picking up new iron on way home. Set table - all that's left is to heat beans and tortillas. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Heat what's left. We eat and talk while getting primary election info. She wash hair after dessert. Turn on TV. Watch recording of last night's Smash! TV series. She shower; I get ready. Later ~

Monday, March 12, 2012

CSI: Miami - cast

By Nader's and give him Big Book. On to meet Beth and follow her to Bermuda Dunes airport to leave van. Her employers' are coming in today. I home and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami, and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Beth calls and go over there to take photos of Jo's enclosure. Home and e-mail them to
Melissa. Make lunch and eat while watching the end of Sunset; movie I started yesterday. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Cleanup side yard. To office and work at computer. Start getting trash ready for tonight, Put out recycle bin. Into house and turn on O'Reilly; Start preparing dinner; make salads. Start BBQ. Beth home and start cooking steak. She sends faxes. She into kitchen and gets her dinner ready. We eat and talk. After dessert we watch recording of last night's CSI: Miami. She showers; I write here and get ready. Later ~

Sunday, March 11, 2012

2012 Women's Banquet

CHANGE CLOCKS FORWARD 2:00 a.m.
Up new time 6:00. I shave; then she does hair. I check e-mail and news sites. Shower and dress. Bring in Sunday paper. Make breakfast and eat while reading paper. Trim beard. Set all clock not set last night. Into office and work for awhile. Beth eats and reads paper. Beth over to her place of work to check up on things. I work at computer until she returns. We eat our remaining portion of yesterday's sandwich for lunch. I down for nap with girls. Up at 2:00. Check e-mail. Feed girls. Clean up side yard. Work on computer. Talk to Jimmy George in Mississippi. Beth gets ready for Women's Banquet and leaves a little after 4:00. I watch final first season finale of Hell on Wheels on computer. Into living room and watch some TV recordings. Turn off TV at 7:00. Beth home and we talk. Download her picures fo banquet. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough in Footloose

Leave meeting early to go grocery shopping at Albertson's. Home and Brenda helps me in with stuff. Make some popcorn and share with Brenda - I into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Work for awhile on computer. Off to meet Beth at Happiness Nails for pedicure for me and manicure and pedicure for Beth. Get some Subway Sandwiches; put Beth's in her car and I take mine home for lunch. Once home, turn on TV and watch beginning of The Bounty Hunter, with Randolph Scott. Have a quarter of my sandwich and chips with sour cream for lunch. After dessert, turn off movie and down for nap with girls. Up in two hours and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in dining room. Beth home; help her in with her stuff. We start making dinner. Set table and we eat. After dessert we watch Footloose on pay TV. She showers while I get ready. Write here. Later ~

Friday, March 09, 2012

Gene Autry

Leave meeting early and shop for Hall at Sam's Club. Stop by Beth's place of employment and take pic of hubcap on van. Drop off Tide for Beth. Home and bring my stuff inside. Check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Do a few things around house. Work on beginning of WIP. Into living room and turn on TV. Watch The Old West, with Gene Autry and Gail Davis while eating lunch. Beth calls. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work at computer. Wait for Beth - she's later than usual. She home with tamales. We eat and talk. After dessert we watch Person of Interest. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Sarah Palin

Home after meeting; check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Putz on computer more and surf the net. Drive to hearing aid place for 11:00 appointment with Jason. He tests hearing and refurbishes aids. Home and no eat. Down for nap with girls. Up later and bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Back to office and work some more on computer. Talk to Jimmy George in Mississippi for awhile. Into kitchen and shuck some corn. Get BBQ clean and ready. Make salads. Start BBQ. Watch O'Reilly while waiting for Beth. She home then she runs to bank to deposit check. I start BBQing corn. Beth back from bank. Set table then time to eat. We eat with Hannity and Sara Palin. After dessert we watch Monday night's recording of Alcatraz. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, March 07, 2012


Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Leash Daisy and we drive to vet sown the street for her rabies shot; Martha does it all and I get certificate for Beth. Home and continue on computer. Into living room and watch the last of The Hard Man with Guy Madison and Lorne Green. Beth calls several times. Eat last half of my tuna sandwich with chips. Down for nap with girls after the movie. Up and outside to bring in mail. Feed girls. Put meat on wall to defrost. Clean up side yard. Into kitchen and unwrap pills and put into bottle. Into office and work on computer some more. Bring in steak and chicken. Into kitchen and prepare meat. Start on salads. Beth home. Turn on BBQ. Help her in with her stuff. Finish cooking and she ooks her own dinner. We eatnd watch Haqnnity and talk. After dessert we watch last night's rerun recording of NCIS. She shower and I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, March 06, 2012


Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Beth by with Rolls and drops something off. Talk to Jimmy George in Mississippi. I work in office until I into living room to watch The Silver Bullett with Johnny Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight, Have half a sandwich and chips for lunch while viewing movie. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. To bank and make depoait for Beth. Home and clean up side yard. Work in office for the rest of afternoon. Into kithen; start enchiladas. Beth home;she into office. I make salads. Call her and we eat and talk. Afterdessert she washes her hair; I work in office. Then we watch Smash, from last night's recording. She shower; I get ready and write here. Later ~

Monday, March 05, 2012


Go by Hall to do trash and Hi to guys; then to the McCallum Theater to meet Harry and we sit in line and wait two hours or the box office to open so we can get tickets to Open Call (local talent show). Howdy Doody puppet there. Get our tix and we say bye and I head for home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Into living room and watch Last of the Pony Riders with Gene Autry and Dick Jones. Gene's last picture. Have some sandwich and chips for lunch. Don for nap with girls. Up later and bring in mail from outside. Fed girls. Clean up side yard. Clean up kitchen. Work at computer for awhile. Into kitchen and prepare potatoes, cheese and stuff for dinner. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. She continues cooking dinner while I set table, etc. We eat and talk. After dessert, we into living room and watch last night's recording of CSI: Miami. She showers; I get ready and write here. Later ~

Sunday, March 04, 2012

Mike Huckabee

Sleep in day. I up first and shave. Into office while she uses bathroom. I in to shower; then dress. Outside for paper. Fix us some breakfast then we eat and read Sunday paper. I trim beard while she does my pill boxes. I join her and put pill boxes away. She off to her place of employment. I down to pick up two Subway sandwiches; bring them home. Work in office writing yesterday's and today's blogs. Beth home and we eat and talk. After ice cream dessert, I down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail; into kitchen - Beth is ironing on service porch. I feed girls. Into office and work on computer for awhile. Beth starts making soup for dinner. We eat while watching Huckabee show - Q&A with GOP candidates. She continue TV. I into office and finish blog. Putz around on computer. She shower. I get ready. Later ~

Saturday, March 03, 2012

Dreamgirls

Grocery Shopping after I leave meeting at 7:30. Home and Brenda helps me in with groceries. I put them away. Make popcorn and share with Brenda. I work at computer for awhile. Brenda leaves. I continue at computer. Beth took some people to airport and brought in a new batch. I watch some TV and eat lunch. I down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Beth is home; she brought in mail. I into dining room and sit with her - we talk. Spend some time in office with her. Get ready then drive to meet the Grippis for dinner at Consuelas Cafe. Nice food and conversation: they fill us in on their recent trip to Mainland China. Home and we watch Blu-Ray version of Dreamgirls. She showers and I get ready. Later ~

Friday, March 02, 2012

Ben Cooper and Audie Murphy in Arizona Raiders

Leave meeting at 7:30 and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Off to credit union to make a deposit for Beth. Mail pics to BB Hudspeth. Home and watch end of Audie Murphy movie while I have a couple of slices of pizza. After dessert, down for nap with girls. Up and spend time at computer. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Scan new True West magazine. Out and clean up side yard; run Misty in back yard. Daisy still won't go into back yard. Into office and work some more. Into kitchen and put away dishes. Shuck some corn. Hook up BBQ. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Turn on BBQ. Set table and get butter and things set up. Start BBQing. Beth working in office. Corn done and dish it up. We eat and talk. After dessert she into office then she washes her hair. I into office and write here. Both into living room to watch Tuesday's recorded episode of Smash. She showers; I get ready and finish writing here. Later ~

Thursday, March 01, 2012


Stop to get birthday cards after meeting then home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Work at computer until 10:30. Off to Indio; first stop at Joel's new store where we talk and shoot the shit for half an hour. On to Chinese place for monthly Conservative Round Table. We talk and discuss Brietbart and other politics of the day. Lee's birthday and we have cake for dessert. I drive home and arrive a little after 2:00. Feed girls; open mail; and feed girls. Clean up side yard. Work in office for the rest of the afternoon. Beth running late because a vendor couldn't get there earlier. Finally she's home. She brings pasta for her and pizza for me. We eat. After dessert we watch recording of last night's CSI: Vegas. She showers while I get ready. Later ~