Drafted: My Life With Draft Horses

Vicki Schmidt has spent her life with horses, especially Shire draft horses. In her first in a series of works entitled ＂DRAFTED＂, Vicki offers a unique volume of passionate short stories, articles, memoirs, and down-on-the-farm recipes. Her expressive style provides refreshing and technical know-how for those wanting to learn more about owning and working with draft horses, along with ideas for keeping safe and well fed on the farm. Vicki’s personal experiences with farm life, gardening, raising horses, training drafts, and serving as a volunteer firefighter are the basis of her writing which is expertly complimented with her captivating photography. ＂DRAFTED＂ offers uncomplicated and relaxing reading in a friendly booklet format. It is nicely balanced with unwavering knowledge designed and presented as the perfect bedside, travel, and hurry-up-and-wait reading companion.

Author Vicki Schmidt’s days are filled with writing, cartography, gardens, horses, and the fire service. At her farm in the western Maine foothills, she raises Shire draft horses for work, sport, and show. Her farm blossoms with greenhouses, gardens, fields, and forest. Born in California, her parents arrived back in Maine to their family homestead when Vicki was six years old. She has lived in Maine ever since but travels nationally and internationally for teaching and training with horses, the fire service, and her cartography career. While attending college part time, Vicki spent a decade working for an equine vet and solidified her ambitions with horses. An accomplished draft horse breeder and trainer for over twenty years, Vicki is known for her writings in trade journals and magazines such as Farming, the Journal of Northeast Agriculture, and Rural Heritage. As a volunteer firefighter and fire instructor her writings reinforce safety and accident prevention. A work-from-home career allowed Vicki to become an accomplished cartographer and GIS professional for state and national environmental and fire service programs.