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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.

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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.
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Love is a Many Splendored Thing: Spring Cleaning
Notes from Three of Earth Farm

Love is a Many Splendored Thing: Spring Cleaning

March 12, 2023 My father kept up this property on the hill until he died of a heart attack at … Continue reading Love is a Many Splendored Thing: Spring Cleaning

Excavating a Home, Part 11: Burning Down the House
Notes from Three of Earth Farm

Excavating a Home, Part 11: Burning Down the House

February 4, 2023 It’s been months since I turned the loose knob on the creaky door of the archives room … Continue reading Excavating a Home, Part 11: Burning Down the House

The Agony and the Ecstasy
Notes from Three of Earth Farm

The Agony and the Ecstasy

I didn’t sleep well last night—for the second night in a row—and got up “late,” just as daylight was beginning … Continue reading The Agony and the Ecstasy

What Non-traditional Looks Like
Notes from Three of Earth Farm

What Non-traditional Looks Like

Thanksgiving Day 2022 It’s been a while since my Thanksgiving Day looked traditional, or what most think of as traditional. … Continue reading What Non-traditional Looks Like

Ten Years, the Hero’s Journey
Notes from Three of Earth Farm

Ten Years, the Hero’s Journey

Movies, plays, novels, and even memoirs, follow a plot structure known as the “hero’s journey.” There are seventeen steps divided … Continue reading Ten Years, the Hero’s Journey

Circling Around to Spring
Notes from Three of Earth Farm

Circling Around to Spring

It’s spring! I think. No, really, it has finally gotten warmer, and the Master Gardeners had their annual plant sale. … Continue reading Circling Around to Spring

A Fair Weather Escape: Mt. St. Helens, Gardening, and Approaching 70
Adventure Log, Notes from Three of Earth Farm

A Fair Weather Escape: Mt. St. Helens, Gardening, and Approaching 70

April 7, 20224 miles (to date: 11.9 / 70) After last week’s daily change in this week’s weather forecast—three days … Continue reading A Fair Weather Escape: Mt. St. Helens, Gardening, and Approaching 70

Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Ten
Notes from Three of Earth Farm

Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Ten

I got back to it this week! This time with my sisters. Jo Ann was here from Virginia and Rebecca … Continue reading Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part Ten

Masks Off, and Other Spring Tales
Notes from Three of Earth Farm

Masks Off, and Other Spring Tales

It’s my first outing after Washington ended the mask mandate in most venues. I knew what to expect in my … Continue reading Masks Off, and Other Spring Tales

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

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