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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.
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Writing Down the Story 
Mountains just make the best Wordless Wednesdays don’t they? They just leave you speechless. Louise
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Indeed! I’ve been back in the PNW for 7 years now, after 36 years missing it. Rainier from any distance still reaches into my throat and grabs me. Every time.
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Reaches into my throat and grabs me. I get it.
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