Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Seven
My parents were wordies. One year in the late 1970s, I gave them an Upwords game for Christmas. It turned … Continue reading Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Seven
Author: 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.
Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Six
When the sun returns after the epic monsoon and flooding, that came on the heels of snowmaggedon, I load the … Continue reading Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Six
Wordless Wednesday
Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Five
My family moved thirty miles down Interstate 5 in 1960. I was eight years old. That ribbon of highway marked … Continue reading Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Five
Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Four
I took time off from the dig to create gifts for my sisters from my mother’s collections for craft projects. … Continue reading Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Four
Wordless Wednesday
This is my favorite snowy view at my family home. When I leave here, this barn, these trees is what … Continue reading Wordless Wednesday
How to Be a Winter Person
Wintering. A season in the cold. A transition between two worlds. Often involuntary. Always inevitable. As we enter this third … Continue reading How to Be a Winter Person
Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday
Discord & Harmony
It’s the winter solstice, my favorite cozy celebration of the year; the long night the breath between discord and the … Continue reading Discord & Harmony
Writing Down the Story 