At 4 a.m. I abandoned the idea of being able to sleep and made my way to my office.  Waiting for me was the chapter I’ve been working on for the second edition of the Hearts West book and the last chapter of the Sam Sixkiller book.  I’m thankful every day that I get to read more…

Since I’ve returned home I’ve been working on completing the Sam Sixkiller book.  My focus in the last chapter has been on the men who shot and killed the Indian lawman, their character, or lack thereof.  Some historians hold to the belief that the two men who gunned down Captain Sixkiller were “victims of circumstance.”  read more…

I’m home and happy to be here. Happy to have a home to come back to. Many people in Joplin, Missouri and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma don’t have a home to go back to today. I drove in and out of storms en route to Dodge City, but never encountered anything worse than hail. Make no read more…

This is the week! I’ll be leaving for Dodge City on Wednesday where the launch of the book None Wounded, None Missing, All Dead will be held. I believe all will go well and I’m looking forward to being in that part of the states. I turned 50 today and the trip to Dodge is read more…

I have been struggling with insomnia since I was 9 years old. It had become manageable until 7 years ago. I thought I had it taken care of, but these past two weeks lead me to believe that was just wishful thinking. It wasn’t until my brother was beaten and raped that I started having read more…

The launch for the Elizabeth Custer book is next week. It has arrived rather quickly and my sincere prayer is that those who attend the event will feel like it was worth the trip. I think just getting a chance to see some of Elizabeth Custer’s personal artifacts would be worth it all. She was read more…

I’ve been waiting a long time for justice. Not as long as the U.S. government waited for justice to be done with regards to Osama, but at times it feels like it. I know visitors to this site from Raymore and Lees Summit, Missouri want to know how close they are to having to answer read more…

Over the last year or so I’ve been writing about lawman Sam Sixkiller. Sixkiller was a U.S. Marshal in the Oklahoma territory. While researching that part of the country I’ve come across some other interesting events that happened around there. One of them involved a bootlegger by the name of Ned Christie. On this day read more…

It has been a rough few days. Lots of heartache and the forecast shows more on the way. When you release a book out into the wild you’ve got to expect that not everyone will like it. I’m prepared for that. Not everyone has to like the same thing. A cowboy friend of mine told read more…

I saw a Seinfeld episode once where Kramer came up with an idea for a new perfume called The Beach. He was able to pitch the idea to Calvin Klein but they didn’t think much of it. A few years pass and Jerry is dating a Calvin Klein model who has done an advertisement for read more…