Here at LifeScapes, Susan blogs about life at Meadow Knoll, the homestead she and husband Bill Albert settled more than 30 years ago, deep in the Texas Hill Country. She posts about the landscape and the many creatures that share their 31 acres, as well as local and planetary environmental issues. She also writes about her life as a writer, publisher, and teacher. For more about the Alberts’ wildlands, woodlands, gardens, farm animals, and (of course) writing, read her memoirs: Together, Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place and An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days.
Summing Up: 2021
Finally. Here it is, the middle of December, and we’ve just had our first hard freeze. The last few days, we’ve been in the 80s at Meadow Knoll, and more 80s are predicted for the coming week. But there are signs of winter. The winter birds–goldfinch, woodpeckers, blue jays, multitudinous sparrows–are showing up at the […]
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