My brief book has arrived and I want to share it with you! Similar to delivering an actual baby, when you write a book and gift it to the world, you hope it doesn’t say anything foolish and that other people will like it.
This is a mini memoir about our family’s experiences raising cattle. It also includes some poetry…and cow jokes. If you live locally, contact me for a print copy. If at a distance, you can read online by clicking the photo link on my blog’s “About” page. Enjoy!
a poem in my pocket 
Aug 18, 2026 @ 09:09:19
Congratulations! It’s such a lot of work, producing a book, brief or otherwise 🙂
Aug 18, 2026 @ 12:18:52
You are so right, Freya! It was a labor… of love 🙂 Thank you.
Aug 16, 2026 @ 11:02:32
Congratulations.And where do we see your book’s “about ” page?
Aug 16, 2026 @ 12:38:55
Thanks, Judy! At top left of this blog page, click on “About”; then read to bottom of that page to find book photo link…happy reading 🙂
Aug 16, 2026 @ 20:53:04
My dad had the first Charolais cattle in South Dakota and was also first to plant birds foot trefoil –a Japanese cattle feed. Also one of the first to artificially inseminate his cows…The state would often ask him to try out experimental crops or processes. Thanks for letting me read your book. I used to ride out on the ranch with my dad but was in no way instrumental in the day to day processes.
Aug 17, 2026 @ 18:00:57
That is interesting about your dad, Judy! We are less than an hour from South Dakota border and have some friends in Corsica.
Aug 17, 2026 @ 18:04:09
I grew up in Murdo just south of Pierre
Aug 16, 2026 @ 09:57:14
Love your book, and so happy to see you on the open link
Aug 16, 2026 @ 12:36:41
Thanks, Bjorn…dVerse is such a welcoming group; I appreciate that!
Aug 16, 2026 @ 04:53:10
congratulations 👏🎉 on your book!
Aug 16, 2026 @ 09:40:02
Thank you very much, Reelika!
Aug 16, 2026 @ 03:33:39
MAZAL TOV!
Aug 16, 2026 @ 09:40:24
Thank you, David 😀
Aug 15, 2026 @ 19:53:45
wow Congrats Lynn!! Happy for ya! All my grandparents, uncles, cousins and aunts on my Mom’s side of the family are cattle ranchers. (One of the biggest reasons I became vegeterarian) lol. Anyways I hope your book brings happiness to a lot of people! 🩵
Aug 15, 2026 @ 21:15:57
Thanks for the good wishes, Tigress! We’re a small scale operation…Iowa’s farmland is better for crops than ranchland. I think you can appreciate the stories, if not the beef 🙂
Aug 15, 2026 @ 15:48:51
Congratulations on your book, Lynn!
Having a book published is in a way like birthing a baby, and I agree you want everyone to love it. I’m glad you got to celebrate it with your family–and cake! 😊
Aug 15, 2026 @ 15:50:57
…and ice cream! Thanks, Merril 🙂
Aug 15, 2026 @ 15:57:23
Oh, even better! 😊