Montana Cowboy Poetry

For the listening public, we're talking to Brandi Iverson. I met Brandi at the Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Lewistown, Montana. You were a vendor. Tell us what you're doing there.

 

"Yeah, so I sell wild rags, which are cowboy neckerchiefs. I bought the business about three and a half years ago to be able to stay home with my three kids more often on the ranch. I was previously a teacher in our local school, only school in the county, and it has about 55 students kindergarten through high school."

 

That is a grand old cowboy tradition. You didn't come in from somewhere else like so many of the school moms back in the old days, did you?

 

"No, I grew up in Montana. I've been here all my life and don't ever plan on moving."

 

And so how far away did you have to move when you went to the school there?

 

"I grew up in Billings, which is about two hours south, and my husband drugged me up here. We just had our sixth anniversary, so six and a half years ago we moved out here, and I never really felt grounded until I came out to the ranch the first time, and I was like, I am never leaving. I have been able to replace my teaching salary completely. I package all of the scarves, and all of my scarves come with a lifetime hem guarantee. All of my materials are domestically sourced, and so that's really great that I'm doing my part to keep our economy going."

 

Brandi Everson with Montana Wild Rags.