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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

I am shocked and sad to hear this. She was about my age and when we last 
visited in our home a few years ago she seemed in excellent health. Carla 
was a wonderful and powerful person. She helped more newbies learn the ways 
of country living than anyone I can think of. I've not known any author who 
worked so hard to market their books. She traveled the country, hauling 
boxes of books, giving highly informative free talks on homesteading and 
writing and then, at the intermission, selling books. People opened their 
homes to her. She slept on lots of nice people's couches in lots of small 
towns and big places, too. In the beginning she hauled her children with 
her in a station wagon. She would pull into a town, find out where the 
radio or TV station was, and go sell the manager on giving her an on-air 
interview. I believe she appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. 
She was unique. She was special. Carla Emery was a national treasure.

Here's to you, sweetheart.

At 05:16 PM 10/12/2005 -0700, you wrote:
> I just read the news on another list. She will be missed.
>
> She is the lady who wrote "The Encyclopedia of Country Living".
>
>
>
> Rob
>
> becida AT comcast.net
> Western Washington State, USA
>
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