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A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to accompany former lawman and current private investigator Steven Sederwall as he conducted crime a scene investigation of an incident linked to the Lincoln County War, one of New Mexico’s bloodiest encounters and one that involved the outlaw, Billy the Kid.

On this occasion, we traveled to the remote site of the killing of rancher John Tunstall. According to many historians, Tunstall’s killing, February 18, 1878, triggered the onset of the LCW and (...)
 
 
 

Every time I am involved with writing a cookbook I swear I will never do another one. This week I take it all back. The most recent project was so much fun and included so many great recipes contributed by an array of music celebrities and other famous people that I am already looking forward to doing another.

Mike Blakely’s Tex-Americana Fandango Cookbook was officially released Thursday, September 10, and may be the best cookbook ever to come out of the Texas Hill Country, a place know(...)
 
 
 

Following a delightful stay, productive, and profitable time in Woodland Park and Colorado Springs, I traveled back to Gunnison for another leg of the tour. Since LWB had bookings and clients in Woodland Park, she remained with plans to fly home a week later.

Taking up lodging once again at the beautiful home of Jim Swaim and Missy Kizer, I looked forward to another show at the Palisades as well as Jim’s cooking. One of the best parts of staying here is sitting on their front porch sippi(...)
 
 
 

We arrived in Woodland Park, Colorado, on Monday afternoon, August 10. I was scheduled for a performance at 7:00 p.m. and had a few hours to spare. After dropping LWB off at her mother’s house, I headed for the local coffee shop to check email to see what sort of projects and information my editors and publishers had for me. It was nothing but good news, and after a short time of catching up on communications, I headed over the Diamond RV Park.

A lot of people wouldn’t associate an RV pa(...)
 
 
 

I just returned from one of the best concert tours I’ve ever had.

I set out from Llano, Texas on the morning of August 6 with Laurie Wagner Buyer, the famous poet, memoirist, novelist, and editor. The day before we left, the temperature was 109 degrees F. I had a full schedule of concerts and LWB’s schedule was filled with writing workshops and seminars along with consulting with several of her clients.

On arriving at our first stop in the cool and beautiful Gunnison, Colorado, we mov(...)
 
 
 
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