February 9th, 2009

The speaking engagement I had this past Saturday was a real joy. The audience was very receptive. I enjoy talking about women of the Old West and how they helped tamed the wild frontier. My friend, Cynthia Martin has sat through the same lecture more than a half a dozen times. At each event she still looks interested in what I’m saying. She’s a great friend and a good sport. An old friend will help you move. A good friend, like Cynthia, will sit through the same lecture you give over and over again and never complain. I realize I’ve been out and about too much with the books because I’m eating every meal at McDonalds. I went into a McDonald’s yesterday and said, “I’d like some fries.” The girl at the counter asked, “Would you like some fries with that?” McDonalds is such a routine with me I didn’t even realize what was said until after I got the double-fries order. The invitations for the launch of Thunder Over the Prairie will soon be in the process of being printed. The book will be in stores by mid May. I’ve had some people I invited to the launch already decline. Dodge City, Kansas is a bit far for most people to go to celebrate the publication. They’ve been kind about and told me they’d happily wait for the book to be made into a TV movie. It’s interesting, if you read a lot of books, you’re considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well-viewed.