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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 storyteller, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer.

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My Family of Storytellers for 385 Years in America: Part 2
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My Family of Storytellers for 385 Years in America: Part 2

Aurilla Stevens, c. 1823 Aurilla Stevens, my great-great grandmother, was born in 1803 the town of Painted Post in New … Continue reading My Family of Storytellers for 385 Years in America: Part 2

My Family of Storytellers for 385 Years in America: Part 1
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My Family of Storytellers for 385 Years in America: Part 1

It is a family tradition that a Goodell either talks or writes.” —Ethel Goodell Clark, my 4th cousin once removed, … Continue reading My Family of Storytellers for 385 Years in America: Part 1

What I Want Never to Forget
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What I Want Never to Forget

The writing circle I have the honor of facilitating just finished up another series of legacy writing. I shared one … Continue reading What I Want Never to Forget

Where I’m From
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Where I’m From

I’ve spent the past week in a gorgeous historic house on the south Whidbey Island banks of the Saratoga Passage … Continue reading Where I’m From

In Search of My Mother’s Garden
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In Search of My Mother’s Garden

The house is not the only place that needs to be cleaned out, or where I search for my mother. … Continue reading In Search of My Mother’s Garden

The First Christmas without My Mother
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The First Christmas without My Mother

I’m spending Christmas at a friend’s wee place on the edge of Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula. The Olympics … Continue reading The First Christmas without My Mother

Technology Is a Foreign Language
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Technology Is a Foreign Language

I bought a new laptop last week. The woman who assisted in the Seattle store was nearly my age, as … Continue reading Technology Is a Foreign Language

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