final beats 41 - 55

Previous.

41. Hunter's dream. Coffee. Tom reveal. 

42. Wakes Chloe.

43. Wanda with Daisy gets Hunter's call. 

44. Ruth gets Wanda's call.

45. Gil gets Ruth's call.

46. Hunter and Chloe watch paramedic truck drive away.

47. Barbara with Brian, Jan and John on golf course get Hunter's call. Chloe's coming home.

48. Wanda and Daisy, Laramie airport. 

49. Hunter and Chloe.

50. Doc 2. Hunter's call.

51. Hunter and Jackie in bed. More Reno/Tahoe and diaphragm as contraceptive.

52. Ruth, Gil, Wanda.

53. Choe with Barbara, Jan and John.

54. That night. Hunter arrive home, guest book.

55. Next morning. Hunter leaves in Tom's truck. Glove compartment. 

final beats 20 - 40

Previous

20. Re the truck, heere's Jackie, away they go.

21. John and Jan. Eureka.

22. Int. Rover. White Sands. Re horses.

23. Barb and Brian, Tom re ranch foreman, Chloe's Sierra Blanca selfie.

24. Sess and Claire, horses and teens. Rover arrival, intros, saddle up.

25. Wanda with Daisy gets Tom's Ruidoso selfie.

26. Ruth places same selfie, framed.

27. Horses and riders fan the pines.

28. Gil and Maria re Tom's Las Cruces layover.

29. Mountain meadow. Into the woods.

30. Horse train uphill with view.  

31. Doc 1. Hunter's selfie.

32. Pinus ponderosa, Chloe and Tom Spanish, rodeo to Vietnam. Chuckwagon.

33. Claire's dad, reading Foglost, gets selfie.

34. Creek and horses. Fishing.

35. Brian, Brain's son and dad, Cuesta baseball.

36. Horse barn and Honda knot.

37. White Sands sunset.

38. Goodnight's at Hunter's, Jackie away, shooting star.

39. The Tahoe tale.

40. Tom facetime Wanda and Ruth. Chloe taught him how. 

final beats 18 and 19

Previous.

18. INT. TOM/WANDA'S HOME OFFICE -  SUNSET

Wanda PRINTS the selfie that Tom has taken that includes Hunter and Chloe. Ream of glossy paper and frame. She frames the picture, leaves room into hall.

INT. PARLOR - SUNSET

Piano. Ruth enters from hall, places the same picture, framed, on the bookshelf next to Hunter's three books, smiles as she stares at the picture before leaving into hall.

19. EXT.  PATIO - N

patio

EXT. PATIO TABLE - NIGHT

Hunter, Chloe and Tom around the table post-meal, silverware on cleaned plates, glasses of water and the pitcher.  MONSOON CLOUDS obscure the moon. DISTANT THUNDER.

HUNTER: So Tom, do you and Wanda have any plans for your twenty-fifth?

TOM: Goin' to Hawaii.

CHLOE: Cool. Which island?

TOM: Oahu. Stayin' the first few nights in Honolulu, doin' the Waikiki thing, and the last few on what's called the North Shore.

CHLOE: Sweet. 

HUNTER: Have you been before?

TOM: No sir. First time for both of us. Y'all prob'ly been.

Chloe nods.

HUNTER: We have. 

CHLOE: Are you excited?

TOM: We are. Not so much about the flyin' part but that's part a the package.

CHLOE: Doing a luau?

TOM: Luau, sunset cruise, ridin' horses on the beach. She don't believe it but I'm takin' a surfin' lesson.

CHLOE: Yay.

TOM: I'm sure I'll be fallin' off before I get the hang of it, but I'm guess' it's a softer landin' than comin' off a horse. Far as I can tell Waikiki's a good place to learn.

CHLOE: It is.

TOM: Do you surf?

Chloe nods.

CHLOE: I learned on Maui.

TOM: How old were ya?

CHLOE: My eleventh birthday.

TOM: Take a lesson?

CHLOE: My mom.

TOM:  Do you surf, Hunter?

HUNTER: I have but it's been awhile. 

TOM: Where do ya surf outta San Luis Obispo?

CHLOE: Pismo mostly. If you know where that is.

TOM:  I do. Was there for a few days about a million years ago.

CHLOE: What were you doing, if you don't mind me asking.

TOM: Y'all can ask me anything ya want, anytime. I was out there doin' a little wranglin' for one a the Hollywood studios.

CHLOE/TOM: Really?

TOM: Not long, couple months. Had a friend who knew a fella and a matter a good timin'. Anyway, me and this friend had some free time, drove up the coast to Pismo Beach, did some fishin', spent a couple nights. 

CHLOE: How old were you?

TOM: Twenty-four. 

NEARER THUNDER.and SUDDEN HARD RAIN   

HUNTER: Here it is.

TOM: Got plenty in Albuquerque last night. Put me right to sleep. Speakin' a which, if y'all'll excuse me, I reckon I'll give my wife and sister the call they're waitin' for and get on to bed.

He stands.

TOM (cont.) Chloe, I sure hope you'll share that casserole recipe 'cause that was delicious. Thank you.

CHLOE: I'll share. After you tell us a little more about your wrangling over breakfast. 

TOM: Deal.  

They shake on it.

CHLOE: Cool.

TOM: Goodnight, y'all.

CHLOE/HUNTER: Goodnight, Tom.

TOM: Can I take them plates in?

CHLOE: No. You're our guest.

TOM: Thank y'all so much for your kindness and generosity.   

HUNTER: Don't forget to sign the guest book.

TOM: I won't.

Hunter and Chloe watch him walk to house, enter kitchen, leave view.

CHLOE: I'm gonna call mom. 

HUNTER: If there's a horse for him and he can and wants to come along -

CHLOE: Yes.

Hunter smiles, gets phone, speaks into it.

HUNTER: Jackie.

Hey.

She's right here with me. 

Can't wait. In fact that's why I called. We have a surprise visitor and are wondering if there's any chance your cousin can find another horse.

[CUT TO:

19 : EXT. HUNTER'S DRIVEWAY - DAY]

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how Tom found Hunter

EXT. HUNTER'S PATIO - D

Tom at table, smoking. Hunter and Chloe, having returned from the airport, watch through window over kitchen sink, grocery bags on center island. They come out, intros, re dinner, Chloe excuses herself. Tom inquires; we learn Chloe lives in San Luis Obispo with her mother, that she will be seventeen in March and soon starting her junior year in high school.

Hunter asks Tom how he found out about him.

Tom looked up Olivia, found her obituary, and "survived by her son Hunter  and grandaughter Chloe," fueling curiosity that led him to see what he could find about Hunter Hardyn, which led Tom to Hunter's Wiki page, which included his date of birth. Tom "did the math."

Etc.

what good re Story how Tom found Hunter

 

Looks up Olivia online, finds her obituary, including "survived by.".

Coming Soon.

final beats 13 - 17

Previous

13. Wanda with Daisy downtown Laramie gets Tom's call from Hunter's guest room. Tom calls Ruth, with Gil. Hijole. Tom leaves room, BOOTS KNOCKING on hardwood. He appares in thw window at the desk when he arrives at the low stone wall that encloses the yard, lights a cigarette he pulls from a pack in shirt pocket.

14. Hunter and Chloe, driving. "Do we know what's in Texas?"

15. John with Jan.

16. Barbara with Brian. She answers his question re Tom and Olivia.

17. Hunter and Chloe arrive Hunter's, Chloe's eyes on the truck in the driveway. 

18. Tom at patio, Hunter and Chloe in kitchen window over sink. Tom sees them, introductions, Chloe excuses herself. Hunter asks Tom how he found out. Re Olivia's obituary and family tree. Chloe in kitchen takes picture.  

final beats 12

Previous.

INT. FOYER - D

Describe. Hunter passing through, stopped by DOORBELL. The peephole and his double take. 

EXT.  HUNTER'S FRONT DOOR - NEXT MOMENT

Tom in hat at the door. Hunter opens enough to peer out. Tom's truck on the street near the bins.

TOM: Howdy. My name is Tom Walker.

Hunter surveys him. 

HUNTER: Tom Walker from Texas who was in Reno fifty-one years ago last month?

TOM: One of 'em anyway. June second through the fifth.

HUNTER:  What's my mother's name.

TOM: Olivia. If I have the right Hunter Hardyn.       

HUNTER: How did you find my address?

TOM: Paid a few bucks for a search.

HUNTER: Just happen to be in the neighborhood?

TOM: Well, sorta. Passin' through on my to Texas.

HUNTER: Passing through from where?

TOM: Where I live with my wife in Laramie, Wyoming.

HUNTER: I'm leaving to pick up my daughter at the airport in El Paso.

TOM: Yessir. I could maybe stop back by on my way home.

HUNTER: When will that be?

TOM: Oh I reckon maybe a week. 

HUNTER: We won't be here in a week.

TOM: Yessir.  

Hunter opens the door, steps back, motions Tom in. Tom takes off his hat, enters. Hunter gives the truck a look, closes the door.

Barbara call from Hunter 1

CAFE. - LUNCH WITH WINE.

JAN: So what dlo we know about Jackie.

BARBARA: History professor at New Mexico State. No kids. They met on a flight from Denver to Albuquerque a month ago. 

JOHN: Where are they going horseback riding?

BARBARA: North of Ruidoso, end quote. 

Her PHONE RINGTONES THE CLATTERING OF A TYPEWRITER. 

BARBARA (cont.): Hunter.

She picks up.

BARBARA (cont.) Hey there.

I'm here. 

Well, Hunter, I trust your judgment. Absolutely.

They're right here. 

I will.

Love you too.

K.

She sets phone down.

JAN/JOHN: Drumroll.

BARBARA: Tom Walker from Texas is at Hunter's house. He's spending the night and leaving in the morning. Chloe will call me tonight.

They all turn to their thoughts.

JOHN: A middle name and where he lives would be nice.

BARBARA: I'll ask.

Enter WAITER.  

final beats 1 - 11

Sort, shuffle, repeat. 

1. INT. BDRM - N

Tom and Wanda in pajamas in bed. Tom reading Foglost, Wanda perusing Hawaiian travel brochure. Wanda re luau, Tom "when in Rome" and surfing lesson. Wanda's pay to see it. Won't have to and umbrella, toes in sand and mai tai. Wanda re hula lesson. Tom re getting lei'd. Lamps off, bed springs squeak.

2. EXT. HOUSE/DRIVEWAY - D

The truck, WY plates. Tom leaving, scenic route, call every hour. A neighbor. Wind chimes.

3. INT. TRUCK - D

Tom driving, music on radio, enter Colorado.  

4. EXT. LARAMIE RIVER TRAIL - D

Wanda with Daisy gets selfie from Tom

5. INT. MOTEL ROOM - SUNSET

Tom's KNOCKING before he enters. Monsoon clouds, ABQ skyline and Sandia Mountains. Calls Wanda and Ruth, STARTS BATH.

6. EXT. YUCCA SOMETHING MOTEL - SUNRISE

Cars and trucks in the puddled lot. Tom out from room to truck and away.

7. INT/EXT TRUCK - D

Tom driving, Hunter's neighborhood, Organ Mountains. GPS directions, Tom makes the turn.

8. INT. HOME OFFICE - D

Hunter writing, window to Organ Mountains. Chloe photos. 

9. INT. KITCHEN - MOMENT LATER

Enter Hunter, the routine, he leaves. 

10. EXT. HUNTER'S HOUSE - MOMENT LATER

Garage open. Tom approaches, stops, stares, aims phone to take picture as Hunter comes out from garage door to house. Tom drives away. Hunter watches him disappear behind neighbor's house, puts bag in bin, back to house. 

11. INT TRUCK - MOMENTS LATER

Tom idling and pondering. The U-turn.  

Final final beats

Day. Hunter and Chloe watch the paramedic truck drive away. They return to house through garage.

Doc 1. What's next and Tom's Stetson cologne.

Wanda, Ruth and Gil, airport.

Chloe, with Barbara, Jan and John, driving. Re Hunter's Kerrville itinerary.

Sess with Claire gets Jackie's call. 

Hunter and Jackie in bed. More re Olivia, Tom, Reno and Carson City, diaphragm as birth control.

That night. Hunter in guest room, Tom's entry in the guest book.

Daisy at home. Call from Wanda at Ruth's.

Next day. Hunter leaves in Tom's truck. The glove compartment.

Gil with Maria and the boys, re "tomorrow."

Chloe with Barbara, Jan and John on boat at Lake Nacimiento. "What do we know about Ruth?" Chloe tells them. And ties a Honda knot.

Wanda with Ruth on porch. Re the storm. Sound of engine, Hunter's arrival.

That night. Ruth, Wanda, Hunter at dining room table, bottle of wine. Re Gil. Long way re Bandera Cemetery.

Jackie gets Hunter's call from Ruth's guest room. An entry in the guest book, marked by a photo, from Clem and Daisy.

Chloe in her SLO bedroom, watching a video from Horse Day, Hunter's facetime call, Barbara enters. "Take pictures" re Gil Day.

Next morning. Jan and John sunrise power-walk.

Hunter, Ruth and Wanda at Bandera Cemetery. Re Tom's ashes and Daisy's bidegradeable urn re Clem and lake.  

Barbara and Brian.

Gil on deck, ranch in limestone, driveway emerges from oaks. Sound of engine before the truck into view. Intros and into the house.

Chloe and a cowboy encounter. 

Fort Park at Rancho Mendoza. The sound of the two ATV's before their arrival, the boys in one, Hunter and Gil in the other. On the land, the family to Vietnam and Gil's Bangkok selfies with Tom. When Hunter's back next week. Maria's ringtone. Away they go.

Maria, Ruth and Wanda in the kitchen. Sound of ATV's before they pass through frame of big window view to oaks and open land.

That night, Ruth's deck, rain and thunder. Ice cream and Hunter's backstory.

Gil in den with tequila and Bangkok selfies with Tom.

Next morning. Hunter leaves in Tom's truck, with his boots and hat. Wanda and Ruth re Daisy. 

Hunter driving through salt flat, distant mountains, the flat. The manual.

John and Jan call Hunter, having fixed flat. Re calling Wanda and Ruth. Congrats re bestseller. Harley Tom's arrival, strong resemblance to the cowboy in Hunter's dream. Re the truck and "it was my father's"

Guest room, sound of Hunter entering house and nearing. He enters, places Tom's hat on rack, boots near the desk. He enters bathroom, Tom's cologne.

Two weeks later.  Doc 2.

November. Hawaii. 

March. At Jan and John's Chloe birthday truck surprise when Hunter arrives. Keys to Chloe. John and Jan in for a ride into the sunset. Hunter and Barbara, watch, enter house, arms around each other. 

CREDITS 

how have i best utilized this blog to get to Finally Final

 

What remains is to to get act three's beats set and then commence Finally Final blog next week. 

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Timeout and change for the better

Realizing the being-stuck and burnout had something to do with being too-wed to previous notions that further understanding allows for reshaping if not jettisoning. And burnout and stuckness giving way to refreshed and near-ready to resume, with final beats in fixed position, io be posted here, and beginning of Finally Final blog.

Posted here For The Record re stations re progress re finishing, finally.

(more) burnout timeout

 

Hilary Barrett:

You wait for what you need, like a farmer waiting for the weather to change. This is not a passive state; you can dance for rain, influence events by bringing yourself into harmony with the outcome you need. But you cannot force this, you can only attend to it. You will need patience: it may all take much longer than you had imagined. When you are fully present in waiting, your intense attention shines out like a beacon, beginning a creative engagement with the world – not by working on anything, but by waiting on it and holding your faith.

Other titles: Calculated Inaction, Biding One's Time, Nourishment Through Inaction

finding the right title

"Boots" and "Honda Knot" fine as working titles, but neither is the one that sticks. 

Hilary Barrett:

"This is about natural beauty, like the beauty of a plant, whose form is the perfect, simple expression of its nature. It's also about the way people create images to communicate something of a person's or thing's inner nature."

end of this blog other than notepad

Just as semifinal informed this blog, so will this blog end today, other than as notepad, to inform the Finally Final blog I will begin next week.

scene 40

Previous.

EXT. PATIO - DAWN

Hunter in pajamas with mug of coffee, watching a roadrunner seeming to be looking back at him from the rock wall. It finally scurries away. Hunter swallows the last sip, heads to the door to the kitchen.

INT. KITCHEN

Hunter enters, sets mug on counter, gets tomatoes, mushrooms, onion, spinach, cheese and eggs from refrigerator, puts them on center island, stops, surprised when he hears a CAT'S MEOW. He steps into hallway.

INT. HALLWAY

Hunter stares down the hall at the open door to the guest room from which another MEOW comes. He walks slowly to the open door, is startled when a CAT runs out and past him down the hall and disappears through the cat door in the door to the garage. He turns back to the guest room, looks in from the doorway.

INT GUEST ROOM

Hunter in the doorway stares at Tom under the covers in bed, still, eyes closed, his arms crossed at wrists, hands on his chest.

HUNTER: Tom. Tom.

He enters, moves desk chair to bedside, sits.

HUNTER (CONT.) Tom. Tom.

FAINT MEOW.

He holds a finger to Tom's nostrils, searches for pulse at wrist, then at carotid artery. He stares at Tom, finally stands, leaves into hall.

[41. CHLOE'S BEDROOM

Describe. Chloe sleeping. Hunter arrives in doorway, stares, finally enters, sits on edge of bed Chloe faces. FAINT MEOW.] 

scene 39

Previous.

EXT. CAMPFIRE - NIGHT

POV at modest CRACKLING FIRE ringed by rocks. TILT UP  to reveal across the fire a WORKING COWBOY whose face is obscured by the brim of his hat as he feeds twigs to the flame. His silver hair rests on his shoulders.An AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD at repose next to him.  

WHISPER OF RIVER, LOWING OF CATTLE and SNORT OF HORSES we can’t see in the dark sparkled by approximately sextillion stars and a quarter moon. We finally notice what seems the blinking eyes of an owl looking back at us from behind the cowboy, over a shoulder. 

A WOLF’S DISTANT HOWL alerts the dog and lifts the cowboy’s gaze from the fire. He’s Tom, silver beard and mustache, twinkle is his eyes and smile on his face. He looks to the sky and quickly gathering clouds that soon enough eclipse the moon ad stars then drop snowflakes that cover the fire and finally Tom as the last ember of the fire is extinguished.

BLACK for a moment before SUNRISE on the distant mountains we could not see behind where Tom had been. The sun ascends quickly on the snow-covered Big West High Country. Horse and dog tracks in the snow lead from the bare tree with the branch the great horned owl flies from without a sound, toward the cowboy, his black horse and the last few of a dozen head of cattle completing the crossing of the steaming river shallow over and around gravel bars.

After the last cow has completed the crossing, the cowboy turns his black horse to us, takes off his hat and waves it over his head before finally turning and continuing out of view.

ROOSTER CROW.

INT. HUNTER’S BEDROOM - DAWN

Describe. Time on clock.

Hunter wakes. ROOSTER CROW.  Sits up, silk pajamas. He speaks elements of dream into phone-record, slips into slippers, leaves into hall.  

40. INT. KITCHEN - MOMENT LATER

Hunter enters, starts coffee.

Begin Timeout

 

related.

Hilary Barrett:

"To still yourself is to come to rest in your own right place. It's not the opposite of motion, but of being pushed into motion by outside influences. Whether you move or stop is determined inwardly, by your sense of the nature of the time."

Final Beats 37 - Epilogue

19 - 36

37. Next morning. Hunter's dream.

38. Tom reveal, Hunter tells Chloe.

39. Wanda (with Daisy) gets Hunter's call.

40. Ruth gets Wanda's call.

41. Gil gets Ruth's call.

42. Hunter and Chloe watch paramedics leave.

43. Barb with Brian, Jan and John gets Hunter's call. Chloe coming home. 

44. Wanda and Daisy, Laramie airport. 

45. Sess and Claire, the news.

46. Hunter with Jackie. 

47. Chloe with Barb, Jan and John re Hunter's itinerary and Ruth.

48. Next morning. Hunter leaves in Tom's truck. 

48. Hunter crossing Pecos River with music on radio.

49. Wanda and Ruth, Hunter arrive.

50. That night. Hunter, Wanda and Ruth, table, wine, re Gil.

51. Hunter in Ruth's guest room, calls Chloe in her room. Tomorrow's plans. Hunter's laptop screensaver. "Journal" notes.

52. Hunter driving Hill Country road, Ruth in middle, Wanda window, arrive gate, enter.  

53. Gil on deck with boys. Truck engine before emerge from oak grove. Arrive and intros.

54. John, Jan, Barbara, Chloe on boat on Lake Nacimiento. Chloe to Kerrville when Hunter returns. 

55. Fort Park, ATVs, Hunter, Gil and the boys. The land, family, Vietnam. Re Bangkok photos. A deer, re hunting. Distant thunder.

56. Hunter, Ruth, Wanda porch, ice cream, rain, Hunter backstory.

57. Gil in den, the boys and Bangkok photos.

58. Next morning, Hunter leaves.

59. Hunter's guest room, sunset. Hunter enters, sets boot, racks hat, opens guest book to Tom's entry. Teardrop lands near the mark of same, closes guestbook, leaves.

60. Two weeks later. Doc 1.

Epilogue. Hawaii.

Burnout Timeout

 

Time to walk away awhile. Stake out remaining beats tomorrow, then put this down for a minute.   

found re 33:

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Final Beats 19 - 36

1 - 18

19. Next day. Tom's truck, Heeere's Jackie, away they go.

20. Hunter driving, White Sands, last time on a horse.

21. Barb and Brian, Sierra Blanca Chloe selfie.

22. Sess and Claire, horses and kids, Rover arrive, intros.

23. Horses and riders in woods.

24. John and Jan power-walk talk. Middle name Travis.

25. Mountain meadow, three pairs.

26. Wanda and Daisy.

27. Uphill horse train.

28. Ruth finishes Foglost, Hunter's photo and blurb, puts book on shelf near framed Tom selfie.

29. Tom, Hunter and Chloe, rodeo to Vietnam. Lunch bell.

30. John and Jan, Tom/Wanda online footprint.

31. Creek and horses.

32. Brian, his father and son, Cuesta baseball.

33. Horsebarn and Honda knot.

34. White Sands sunset selfie.

35. Jackie leaves, shooting star.

35. Tom and Tahoe pic. Re sign guest book and Hunter sign Foglost.

36. Tom facetime Wanda (with Daisy) and Ruth. Guest book.

Final Beats 1 - 18

1. Tom and Wanda.

2. Next morning. Tom leaving.

3. Tom enter Colorado.

4. Tom arrive ABQ motel, call Wanda and Ruth.

5. Next morning. Tom leave ABQ motel.

6. Tom driving Hunter's 'hood. Organ Mountains, GPS.   

7. Hunter home office, kitchen.

8. Tom idling, Hunter's house. Hunter out, Tom drive away. U-turn.

10. Howdy. Foyer.

11. Wanda with Daisy, Tom's call from guest room. Tom calls:

12. Ruth in Fredericksburg with peaches. 

13. Hunter and Chloe airport.

14. Barbara with Jan and John re Tom and Olivia.

15. Hunter, Tom, Chloe intros, how Tom found out. Chloe takes picture.

16. Gil at home reading Foglost, Maria and boys. Ruth's call re Tom's layover in Las Cruces.

17. Wanda prints Tom's selfie that Ruth places, framed.

18. Hunter, Chloe, Tom, patio post-dinner. Tom re Hawaii. H call Jackie re horses.

Hilary Barrett:

"You penetrate subtly by feeling your way into things, yielding gently to their nature. You shift your own ideas and expectations, and come to understand the situation from inside, on its own terms. And so, as you allow things to shape you, you also reach a place where you can shape them."