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

Friday, July 15, 2011

Me (16-years-old) with Keith Coffin at Corriganville (1959)

Beth gets to meeting with vac thing on.
I leave meeting at 7:30 and drive to Sam's to shop for Hall. Home and Brenda is there. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips - Brenda got chips, too. Beth home and settles in at kitchen table (dining room table). They talk for awhile while I work at computer. Brenda leaves. I in to talk with Beth. Nurse will be over at 1:00 to change vac. I fix us some lunch and we eat. After ice cream I down for nap. Nurse comes while I sleep. I up and join Beth at dining room table. We talk. We drive to her Albertson's and I pick up drugs at Sav-on. Drop And Action to Srini. Home and she works in office while I fix dinner. We eat. Into bedroom and start getting her ready for bed. I work at getting ready myself. Into bedroom at 8:00 P.M. - Later ~

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Monday, January 04, 2010

Our girl, Crystal - she'a having a problem eating all her food; she can't keep her mind on one thing at a time

Gave Beth her 28-year cake at meeting. Home from meeting and check e-mail with popcorn and girls. Work at computer for awhile. Make hearing aid appointment; Talk to Beth and give her e-mail messages. Watch a little TV: Have Gun Will Travel re-run recorded from western channel Sunday. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Then it's off to Eisenhower; call Tommy from parking lot. I meet Beth and we to my appointment with Dr. Stone. All is well. She back to work and I home. Feed the girls; bring in mail and open it for Beth. Down for nap with girls at 3:00. Up 4:00 and try feeding Crystal more - no luck. Read some mail. Clean up side yard. Turn on lights. Get dinner ready for cooking. Beth home. We have early dinner and talk. She off to Indio Jail for H&I commitment. I to my computer and work. Plan on going to bed early and Beth will come home after I'm asleep. Later ~

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Friday, June 19, 2009

With A.J. Fenady at Cowboy Hall of Fame

With Jim Fischer at book signing


Breakfast with Fenadys and Gary Goldstein. To a panel on agents and publishers. Lunch at hotel. Room for nap. Drive to Cowboy Hall of Fame for book signing. Back to hotel for late dinner. Later ~

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Monday, February 02, 2009


Cast of Entourage

Beth gives me my 27th AA Birthday cake at morning meeting. Home and check e-mail and news sites. Make appointment for blood draw on Thursday. Drive to La Quinta to get Beth's personalized license plates registered: STVNBTH - drop Expedition at Ramona Tire for a lube and oil change and Tony drops me at home. Work for awhile at computer; then TV: several episodes of Entourage automatically recorded Sunday night. Lunch while watching shows. Talk to Beth. Down for nap with girls. Up and feed girls. Bring in mail and open it for Beth. Call Glenda at Dr. Stone's office for cat scan results. She will fax new standing order sheet. Work at computer. Talk Beth. Tony should be by to pick me up and return Expedition. Tony did come by and took me down to pay my bill and I drove home. Clean side yard and sweep floors. O'Reilly. Beth home and we talk. Fix dinner and we eat. TV: last week's recording of Life on Mars. Office while she showers. Later ~

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Saturday, December 27, 2008


With Ed Mohler

Grocery shopping after meeting. Beth to shop for then to work at her employers' home. I to our house and unload and put away groceries. Check e-mail and news sites with girls at my side. Have some peanuts, too. Talk Ross and Beth calls. Watch two episodes of Entourage while I eat lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and Beth has fed girls. Mail is late. Beth vacuums and mops - dusts. I work on computer for awhile. Mail is finally here, Open it. Beth makes some phone calls. Watch Huckabee. Ed Mohler (my old Corriganville fight partner) calls from Louisianna. She makes soup for dinner; I make small salads. We eat. She in to shower early. Then we watch the second hour of The White House documentary. Later ~

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