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Letters From a Land of Grass - A Calf's Birth Story (4-4-2025)

This heifer in the photo wants to be left alone with her new calf. Lisa Schmidt remembers that feeling well. Some aspects of birth stories are universal. I hope you are enjoying this spring as much as I am.

 

Thanks,

Lisa

Letters From a Land of Grass - Art and Soul (3-28-2025)

The art of telling a story humbles and inspires me to share stories from the land. My daughter, Abby, thinks she is taller than I, but this photo tells the true story. See what you think.

 

-Lisa

Letters From a Land of Grass - Useful Information (3-21-2025)

When he asked to visit a cattle ranch in Montana, Tom didn't know he would be recruited to wrangle sheep into the alley to be sheared. Fortunately, Tom has worked with sheep for his entire life so helping me wasn't his first rodeo.

 

-Lisa

Letters From a Land of Grass - Get Ready (3-14-2025)

Calving season brings Real Life - the hands-on, life-or-death, sunshine-or-snow, act-now-not-later real life that is not available in books or online.

-Lisa

Letters From a Land of Grass - YouTube Mechanics (3-7-2025)

YouTube offered a solution to my skid steer fuel line problem. As I contorted to reach the fuel line, I was reminded once again of the difference between simple and easy.

 

-Lisa

Letters From a Land of Grass - Character of Sheep (3-2-2025)

People love to throw stones at the stereotypical characteristics of sheep, but maybe they need to look in the mirror before throwing the first stone. See what you think.

 

-Lisa

Letters From a Land of Grass - Gifts From the Cold (2-23-2025)

The best part of bitter cold is watching as the promise of spring grass rises through the blank canvass of fresh snow. See what you think.

-Lisa

Letters From a Land of Grass - Voices, Adages, and 2x4s (2-14-2025)

Sometimes another name for determination is hard-headed obstinance, but somehow the Universe manages to take care of hard-heads, too.

 

-Lisa

Letters From a Land of Grass - A Chilling Air Lock (2-5-2025)

I wore my finest warm clothes to fix my water pipeline while the wind chilled the air to -20 degrees. I know why coyotes wander the prairie all winter, oblivious of the cold!

 

Enjoy,

Lisa

Letters From a Land of Grass - Cogs in Land and Food Systems (1-31-2025)

If big companies can package ready-to-eat, shelf stable food, I don't understand why it can't be done in Montana. I plan to use meat grown on my ranch to make healthy fast food for everyone.

 

-Lisa