I am saddened to announce that on June 13, 2004, David Pischke passed away after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 57 years old. Shortly afterwards, David's wife Lynne gave me David's original copy of Where Children Run. It sits in my office, along with this picture of him and offers me writing inspiration. Thank you David for being such a wonderful friend.
Karen's Blog
I have started a blog. If you are interested in keeping up with my daily thoughts about writing and life in rural Manitoba, go to: www.kemilson.blogspot.com
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Shortly after the news broke that a cow on an Alberta ranch tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in May 2003, Karen Emilson wrote a biographical piece that appeared in the Farmers Independent Weekly. In it she captured the feelings of many beef producers ... what they were thinking, feeling and the fears they had about an uncertain future.
“The reaction to that article was good but it left me feeling a bit self-conscious,” Emilson said. “Some people reacted with pity and I didn’t like that.” [more...]
Manitoba writer and rancher, Karen Emilson, has written a book about Canada’s cattle industry and the affect the closed American border had on cattle producers nationwide.
A year in the making, Just a Matter of Time, is part travelogue, part memoir as Emilson travels from ranch to feedlot between Bruce County in Ontario’s cattle region to Williams Lake, B.C. She visited with the country’s largest independent feedlot operator as well as the current owners of B.C.’s oldest cattle company. Most of the cattle producers she met were complete strangers and each family invited her into their home, not too surprising since hospitality is a well-known trait of ranch people. [more...] (a pdf file will open)
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