Skip to content

Writing Down the Story

Living life and writing it down

Primary Navigation

  • Home
  • About Me
  • My Blogs
  • Adventure Log
  • Notes from Three of Earth Farm
  • Flora & Fauna Friday
  • Wordless Wednesday
  • Essays & Memoirs
  • MeMoRy MoNdAy
Gretchen Staebler

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.

Personal Links

  • Caregiver Ally / Author

View Full Profile →

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver
She promises one year, living with her stubbornly independent 96-year-old mother, cleaning out the house her parents had stashed musty history in for five decades, and getting her mother moved elsewhere. Four years later, the author is still trying to stay sane in the face of her mother’s increasing dementia, fighting old battles and learning respect and acceptance.
Available wherever books are sold.
www.gretchenstaebler.com

“Story is the shortest distance to the human heart.”

  • Home
  • About Me
  • My Blogs
  • Adventure Log
  • Notes from Three of Earth Farm
  • Flora & Fauna Friday
  • Wordless Wednesday
  • Essays & Memoirs
  • MeMoRy MoNdAy

Archives

Category: Adventure Log

Adventure Log: Big Creek Loop (and on turning 70)
Adventure Log

Adventure Log: Big Creek Loop (and on turning 70)

April 4, 20227.9 miles1050 feet elevation change I’ve been giving thought to how I want to celebrate this calendar year … Continue reading Adventure Log: Big Creek Loop (and on turning 70)

Adventure Log: Mt. St. Helens
Adventure Log

Adventure Log: Mt. St. Helens

February 25, 2022 I should, I suppose, have gotten a jump on yard work today. But I’m not much for … Continue reading Adventure Log: Mt. St. Helens

Lake Quinault Rain Forest: Adventure Log and More
Adventure Log, Notes from Three of Earth Farm

Lake Quinault Rain Forest: Adventure Log and More

February 12, 2022 It’s been a difficult week, more on that later. But first, I’m off for a much needed … Continue reading Lake Quinault Rain Forest: Adventure Log and More

Adventure Log: Arcadia Beach, Oregon
Adventure Log

Adventure Log: Arcadia Beach, Oregon

January 29, 2022 I needed a road trip. Badly. I never know where to go in the winter when the … Continue reading Adventure Log: Arcadia Beach, Oregon

2021 Adventure Season—The Movie
Adventure Log

2021 Adventure Season—The Movie

I’ve just completed my annual slideshow—with music—of my hiking season to beautiful places in the Pacific Northwest (and one in … Continue reading 2021 Adventure Season—The Movie

The World is Mud-luscious and Puddle-wonderful
Adventure Log

The World is Mud-luscious and Puddle-wonderful

There are two days with sunny forecasts sandwiched between days of possible rain. I decide to finally go out to … Continue reading The World is Mud-luscious and Puddle-wonderful

One More Autumn Hike: Snowgrass Flat
Adventure Log

One More Autumn Hike: Snowgrass Flat

“Stellajoe!” my father would say to my mother. “How would like to live in a place like this on a … Continue reading One More Autumn Hike: Snowgrass Flat

One More Adventure: Plummer Peak
Adventure Log

One More Adventure: Plummer Peak

September 23, 2021 I thought my 2021 adventuring was done. I’ve hiked some twenty trails this season, and now I’m … Continue reading One More Adventure: Plummer Peak

Mt. Rainier, the Other Side
Adventure Log

Mt. Rainier, the Other Side

Our adventures were over, the weekend forecast was for rain everywhere. We spent Friday and Saturday hunkered down inside doing … Continue reading Mt. Rainier, the Other Side

The Olympic Peninsula
Adventure Log

The Olympic Peninsula

Adventures continue with my friend Katherine from North Carolina. We headed out from the coffee kiosk at seven o’clock Wednesday … Continue reading The Olympic Peninsula

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
Writing Down the Story
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Writing Down the Story
    • Join 316 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Writing Down the Story
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...