Happy Late Friday Night, my Darling,
I hope your weekend is off to a good start. I didn't see any posts today, so I'm guessing you must be either working on post-production for a project, or taking pix at a show. Today was ultra-hot here in the Valley : 107 degrees, and with only 15% humidity, so it felt like a blast furnace.
I, of course, took the opportunity to go on a Super Hot Hike. It was one of the hottest I've been on, perhaps second only to the 112 degree job at Mentryville Oil Field in 2014. That was the time when, on my way out, a park ranger drove up and asked me, "Is everything all right"?, like I was nuts. :)
I like the heat, so it was perfect, and today was a good one too. I went to Santa Susana. This time, I stuck to trails at the southern end of the park, which I hadn't been on since I first discovered the place in 2013. These trails aren't as well maintained, and are narrow, so I had to stop at one point where a narrow trail ran parallel to a drop off. At those points I always turn around.
While I was there, I could see the beginnings of a brush fire out beyond the mountains of the north Valley. It looked to be coming from Santa Clarita, and as I continued to hike the cloud of smoke grew bigger and bigger. I was glad I hadn't driven out to Whitney Canyon or Placerita or one of the other trails in that area, as the fire was a pretty big one. We watched it on the news when I got back to Pearl's.
Tonight was a movie night, and I watched a classic Western shot in CinemaScope widescreen, called "Gun For A Coward". An interesting title that would have a lot more cultural weight in today's world, but in the world of the innocent 1950s was nothing to cause introspection or debate. Moral values were simple then.
The film once again starred Fred MacMurray, of whom I am on a bit of a kick, with the recently viewed "Pushover" and "Double Indemnity". In "Gun" he plays the oldest of three rancher brothers. The middle brother, played by "Matinee Idol Handsome" Jeffrey Hunter, is seen as soft-hearted by his siblings, the youngest played by the great Dean Stockwell of "Blue Velvet" fame. Hunter's character doesn't like confrontation, doesn't want to fight, and so in Western Movie terms, that makes him of Questionable Character. "Gun For A Coward" has all the classic Western elements needed to make it enjoyable, including a romantic interest (Janice Rule), a Humorous Cowhand Sidekick (Chill Wills), a Bar Room Shootout and a Cattle Stampede. It also has awesome color photography, shot at Vasquez Rocks and other locations in :
Santa Clarita. :)
So it was the perfect movie for today.
Tomorrow promises to be another scorcher, and my sister will not be coming over, so maybe I will try for another hike. If I do, it will be my last one until next week, as I have church on Sunday and then have to start getting ready for my trip up north. I don't know what the computer hookup situation will be like at the house I'll be staying at, but I'll bring Chromebook 2 just in case. It would be super cool if I could continue to write every night as usual while I am up there, so fingers are crossed.
I will continue also with my exploration of 1989, and questions I have, like "who fed my dog for twelve days", "did my parents wonder or know where I was at various times", "how and when did I do everyday things like eat, sleep, shower, etc"? "How much was I at home, and how much away"?
I've got a thousand questions like that, for I don't understand how I could go through the stress and shock that I did, and be taken to the places I was taken, and have seen the sights I saw, and in the middle of these activities, be back at my house sometimes in the interim, "dropped off", as it were.
How did I fend for myself in those interludes? And did anyone wonder about me?
I have no idea. And so I will continue to explore these, and other myriad questions, in a CSI fashion.
That's all for tonight. I will see you in the morning, SB.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
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