The past week (from June 20) was unusually busy. I knew there were some big events coming up toward the end of the week and the end of the week seemed to arrive in a hurry, as my work at the law firm kept me hopping.

On Friday morning, I got in my car and headed south to Cheyenne. I went to the Radisson Hotel in Cheyenne where the annual convention of the Western Writers of America was being he...