“Tomorrow, July 7, marks two years since my return to the Pacific Northwest. And it’s been a hard week. I can’t seem to stop trying to make my mother be someone she is not ever going to be. I can’t seem to stop wanting this town to be something it’s probably never going to be….” Read more
Looking Back—Way Back
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Gretchen Staebler
I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home and fell in love with this corner of the country again. I am a grandmother, a storywriter, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer. Check out my website (and my memoir) at www.gretchenstaebler.com. View all posts by Gretchen Staebler
Writing Down the Story 