WTH?
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Yi 133: what so Influences Return today to Annamarie
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
HK final beats 13-20
13. Day. Barbara with John and Jan gets Hunter's call re Tom Walker. Middle name.
14. Day. Wanda with Daisy gets Tom's call from Hunter's guest room. Tom calls Ruth, at peach stand, leaves room, arrives back yard, framed by window over guest room desk.
15. Day. Gil, reading Foglost, Maria, knock knock Ida gets Tom's Organ Mountains selfie. Hijole.
16. Day. Hunter and Chloe airport.
17. Hunter and Chloe arrive Hunter's, Tom's truck in driveway. Intros, inquiry.
18. Sunset. Barbara and Brian, re Tom and Olivia. Chloe pic.
19. Sunset. John and Jan, Chloe pic.
20. Night. Hunter, Chloe, Tom re Wanda and 25th re Hawaii, re surf, re Pismo re San Diego and USMC. Hunter call Jackie.
Monday, April 27, 2026
HK final beats 1-12
1. Night Tom and Wanda, Hawaii and Foglost.
2. Sunrise. Their house, Wyoming plates, ABQ monsoon, re Daisy, Tom leaves, wind chimes.
3. Day. Gil, Maria, Boys, Foglost, knock knock Ida.
4. Sunset. Tom ARR ABQ motel.
5. Sunrise. Tom LV ABQ motel.
6. Day. John, Jan, Chloe, Barbara, MBZ Wagon, re Jackie, Horse Day.
7. Day. Hunter, home office, Organ Mountains, Chloe pics.
8. Day. Tom driving in Hunter's 'hood. Aviators.
9. Day. Hunter, kitchen, calendar, trash bag.
10. Day. Tom ARR Hunter's. Phona camera. Hunter in garage. Tom drives away.
11. Tom U-turn.
12. Hunter, foyer, doorbell, Tom Howdy and enter.
HK scene 1
INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT
TOM and WANDA, 70-somethings in pajamas and reading glasses, sit up in bed under covers to their waists, reading. Wanda turns a page of James Michener's novel, Hawaii, in paperback. Tom has a hardcover titled Foglost, written by H.C. Hardyn, per the dark grey font on the light grey cover and spine. Unlit candles on floating shelf above headboard. Smart phone and lamp on their respective nightstands.
WANDA: Should we do a luau?
TOM: Well, what is it they say about when you're in Rome?
WANDA: Do as the Romans do.
TOM: Heck, I'm halfway thinkin' about takin' a surfin' lesson.
WANDA: Well that's some halfway thinking alright.
TOM: What? You think this dog's too old to learn anew trick?
WANDA: I'd pay to see it.
TOM: Won't have to. Got 'em down the beach from the hotel. You just bring your Mai Tai, stick your toes in the sand and observe.
WANDA: Oh I'll record it and post it on the blog.
TOM: Guess I better start doin' my pushups, squats and crunches and go easier on the ice cream.
WANDA: Maybe I'll take a hula lesson.
TOM: I'll be parked under a palm tree for that.
Wanda sets book in lap to make a hula dance movement with her arms and hands. Tom smiles, turs page.
TOM: Do ya think we'll get lei'd?
Wanda, entirely surprised, looks at him big-eyed. He looks at her.
WANDA: Thomas Travis Walker. My goodness gracious.
TOM: What? Ain't that what they call them flower necklaces they give ya when ya get off the plane? A lei.
Wanda shakes her head.
WANDA: Yes, a lei. But I don't think airlines do that anymore.
TOM: Oh.
Wanda resumes reading.
WANDA: But I have a feeling our chances of getting lei'd will be considerably better when we get to our room.
Tom looks up, stares straight ahead, genuinely surprised, sets books in lap, looks at Wanda, who grins, looks at Tom, winks. They stare at each other, set books on nightstands, TURN OFF LAMPS TO BLACK.
SQUEAK OF BEDSPRINGS.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Hunter and Gil dialogue in progress
EXT. OAK MOTTE - DAY
Describe.
Gil and Hunter in ATV aimed at view. The boys in treehouse, ATV nearby.
HUNTER: How long have you been here?
GIL: My entire life. My dad and uncle used their G-I bills to start a construction company in San Antonio. Couple years later dad bought the land, started building on his time off. We'd come up and spend the night in tents.
HUNTER: We being whom?
GIL: Me, my sister, mom and dad, and whomever of his crew were up. Uncle did the same with land he bought near Vanderpool.
HUNTER: World war two G-I bill.
GIL: Yessir. Dad was Army in France, his brother Danny was U-S-M-C in the Philippines.
HUNTER: Tom was a Marine in Vietnam.
GIL: He was. Did he talk about it?
HUNTER: No. Just a reference to boot camp in San Diego.
GIL: We were there together.
HUNTER: Ruth mentioned that. And that you might be willing to talk about it.
GIL: She mentioned you might ask. We can do that. Maybe when you're back next week.
HUNTER: Thank you.
GIL: I've got pictures.
HUNTER: I'd love to see them.
GIL: Deer at your three o-clock.
A beat before it occurs to Hunter to turn to his right to see the WHITETAIL BUCK looking back at them from fifty yards away.
HUNTER: Did Tom hunt?
GIL: Got his first here, right where he is, from the tree house. His thirteenth birthday. Me, Tom and our dads. But if he ever pulled a trigger after he cam back I don't know about it.
HUNTER: Came back from Vietnam.
GIL: Yessir.
HUNTER: Did he ever say why?
GIL: We talked about it. I'll tell you more when you're back, if you're interested.
HUNTER: Very.
GIL: Have you ever hunted, Hunter?
HUNTER: I killed a robin with a slingshot when I was eleven. That was enough hunting for me.
to be continued.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Yi 115: beats set in stone
Monday, April 20, 2026
Sunday, April 19, 2026
baseball movie 8 Kid’s Dad
We meet him after we meet his bat, doing time in a midwestern prison, for manslaughter, nearing a parole hearing that might get him out. He comes out of a dugout to an on-deck area to wait for his at-bat in a prison league softball game. He’s mid-40s, fit, a regular with the weights in The Yard. His thick and taut arms are almost entirely covered in tattoos.
We probably learn more about him via conversation in the opposing dugout before he comes to the plate and drives ball a jaw-dropping distance over a guard tower. Dugout conversation probably includes a cigarette wager that is decided by the home run.
As did the softball leave the prison so does Kid’s Dad, having won parole. Though we don’t know it right away, he is a mostly reformed man who has maintained contact with Kid, and is aware Karen wants nothing to do with him other than is absolutely necessary.
Kid’s Dad has a problem in a debt owed that he does not have the funds to pay, pressuring him toward activity that might make the money and might put him back n prison for good, and possibly killed.
The bat is NOT one he used in the minors, it is a game used and autographed Dick Allen Louisville Slugger.
Yi 114: what Writerly Trait pushed through Resistance this morning
Hunter's dream, in progress
EXT. MODEST CAMPFIRE - NIGHT
POV CAMERA aimed at small fire encircled by stones. OCCASIONAL CRACK AND POP OF FLAMES CONSUMING TWIGS, WHISPER OF STREAM THROJUGH GRAVEL BAR, FAINT LOWING OF CATTLE.
TOM (0.S.) Do you remember the way back.
CAMERA TILTS UP to Tom's bearded face, eyes concealed by the brim of his worn felt cowboy hat, red bandana around the collar of his trail-worn shirt, his hands open to the fire for warmth. He's sitting on a log, legs crossed at ankles, gloves on a rock near the fire.
CAMERA TILTS UP AND DOWN TWICE.
TOM: Regrets?
CAMERA PANS SIDE TO SIDE TWICE.
to be continued.
rltnshp dream: white girl, brown nhair
She's considerably younger, white with brown hair and green or blue eyes, as best i recall. Shorter than tall. She's leaving, there's a rift, I confess my love, she reciprocates. BUT there's a problem. Probably problems. For one, I'm "grumpy," per her, and I know not to argue 'cause she's got some right on her side. Dreams ends at goodbyes, after "give it time, we'll check in later." She's going to Texas. My sense of need to get my shit together if I want to be with her.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
baseball movie 7: opening scene and Bobby/date/Louisville Slugger
Henry’s dream. include Uncle. the Suburban. Monsoon and water in the arroyo. Sunrise. THUNDER wakes him to Bainbridge Island apartment.
Bobby is a teammate from Henry’s minor league days, now a coach with a minor league baseball team based in Alpine, Texas, playing at Kokernot.
They meet in El Paso when Henry takes in the Suburban for the chop. Bobby provides the tickets to the game that is The First Date, Kid included. Kid of course asks how Henry knows Bobby. Thusly are we introduced to Henry’s brief baseball career.
Providing Henry the opportunity to inquire about the baseball bat he saw at Karen’s house. Kid tells us it’s his dad’s.
Henry leaves it at that.
caught
I let it get away a little.
It's got away a lot.
Robust has given in to brittle,
ripe has gone to rot.
I have arrived in the middle
of rock and hard place, caught.
Friday, April 17, 2026
baseball movie 6: arrival and drive to river
Henry flies to El Paso to meet Cousin and Cousin's Partner, staying at the Plaza. We learn mopre about Henry via Cousin telling Partner. All drive the next day to the manufactured home in the desert south of Deming, near the Florida Mountains. Cousin hands over keys (to house, shed, Suburban, other) and leaves with partner in rental SUV, to El Paso for flight home to Tulsa. Henry pops a beer, goes to Suburban, starts engine, goes for a drive to Hatch and a spot on the river.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Yi 109: born-again virgin 1
15 and-a-half years of willful celibacy.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Yi 103: Throw Everything Away this weekend
re Housecleaning and commencing addressing The Mess.
Yi 101: trouble avoided because i do not marry
Yi 100: what good that i leave Annamarie alone
Yi 99: Annamarie Influence 1
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Yi 96: why Veronica in dreams