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    <title>Lifescapes</title>
    
    
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    <updated>2012-01-14T09:55:55-06:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Notes about writing, landscape, and life in the Texas Hill Country</subtitle>
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        <title>Laura and Rose Resources 1</title>
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        <published>2012-01-14T09:55:55-06:00</published>
        <updated>2012-01-14T09:58:58-06:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">I've been taking a break from Widow's Tears to work on the book proposal for Laura and Rose, so that...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Happy Dancin'!</title>
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        <published>2012-01-11T08:47:55-06:00</published>
        <updated>2012-01-11T09:20:23-06:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">Really happy news! Kerry Sparks at the Levine Agency will be representing my new narrative nonfiction project. The working title:...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Well, well! </title>
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        <published>2012-01-05T12:32:34-06:00</published>
        <updated>2012-01-07T11:08:50-06:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">If you've been reading this blog for a while, you've been hearing (maybe more than you want) about our water...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Widow's Tears 2</title>
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        <published>2011-12-26T10:20:41-06:00</published>
        <updated>2011-12-26T10:23:10-06:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">The plant world is full of complicated surprises. A few days ago, I wrote about Widow's tears (Commelina sp.), also...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Widow's Tears</title>
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        <published>2011-12-18T09:30:10-06:00</published>
        <updated>2011-12-26T09:14:21-06:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">This is the plant whose folkname I've borrowed for the 2013 mystery in the China Bayles series. You probably recognize...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Snow Scene: New Mexico</title>
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        <published>2011-12-15T10:22:03-06:00</published>
        <updated>2011-12-15T10:22:03-06:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">I'm taking a winter break at Coyote Ridge, our place in New Mexico, south of Taos on the eastern slopes...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Happy Dancin' in Darling!</title>
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        <published>2011-10-24T15:09:07-05:00</published>
        <updated>2011-10-24T15:09:07-05:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">The Darling Dahlias are celebrating! There will be three more books in their series, after the forthcoming The Darling Dahlias...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Research Notes from the Road #2</title>
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        <published>2011-10-22T10:12:04-05:00</published>
        <updated>2011-10-22T10:12:04-05:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">When I was visiting the Wilder/Lane Rock House at Rocky Ridge Farm on Wednesday, Bill found this small structure in...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Research Notes from the Road</title>
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        <published>2011-10-19T17:43:38-05:00</published>
        <updated>2011-10-19T17:43:38-05:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">Those of you who are both Laura Ingalls Wilder AND Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds fans may like this photo, even...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Rocky Ridge Farm</title>
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        <published>2011-10-18T19:17:12-05:00</published>
        <updated>2011-10-20T17:50:38-05:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Susan Albert</name>
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    <content type="html">I'm here (with Bill) on a brief research trip this week. "Here" is the farmhouse at Rocky Ridge, the Wilders'...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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