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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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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

Happy 75th Anniversary
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Happy 75th Anniversary

Today is the 75th anniversary of my parents’ marriage. They only got 51 of those years together. They met as … Continue reading Happy 75th Anniversary

Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Stopping by the Woods
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Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Stopping by the Woods

I’ve been thinking for some time it’s been too long since I saw my neighbor and one of these days … Continue reading Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Stopping by the Woods

Gratitude and Grief
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Gratitude and Grief

As I stand in the window this Thanksgiving morning and watch the sky change minute by minute, tears slide down … Continue reading Gratitude and Grief

Be the Light: We Can Make a Difference
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Be the Light: We Can Make a Difference

Thank you, dear readers, for this space to pass on two blog posts I’ve read this week about how we … Continue reading Be the Light: We Can Make a Difference

Daughter Off Duty: Still Learning
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Daughter Off Duty: Still Learning

Her obsession, and it could only be called that, with writing about her mother’s life both flummoxed and exasperated my … Continue reading Daughter Off Duty: Still Learning

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