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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.
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And suddenly I understand why you love it so … ♡
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One of my favorite photos is of Daddy walking 2-year-old Joanna along a trail just like this, in NC. He’s wearing his plaid hat and she’s in a hand-me-down red hoodie. His comment afterward: “You should see that little tagger hike!”
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I love one like that with Nicholas too!
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