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

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Adventure Log: Berkeley Park

I haven’t spent much time at Sunrise, the other side of Mt. Rainier National Park. For one thing it’s a … Continue reading Adventure Log: Berkeley Park

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Taking Stock

Read a new post on Daughter on Duty. I just returned from a few days at the home of my … Continue reading Taking Stock

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Hiking on My Birthday

On the way down the mountain I meet four teenage girls with backpacks. Then three more and an adult. Then … Continue reading Hiking on My Birthday

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If a Tree Falls in the Forest…

Most of the hikers are half or less my age, which is 64 the day I hike to Lena Lake. … Continue reading If a Tree Falls in the Forest…

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Duck Duck Goose

I sit on the rocky shore of the Snohomish River nursing a beer, reading a memoir about the grief of … Continue reading Duck Duck Goose

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A Sucker for Waterfalls

It was kind of a spur of the moment adventure. I had to take Elliot back to Seattle. Rebecca had … Continue reading A Sucker for Waterfalls

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Flip Flops to Aeroacrophobia

There’s a new post on my Daughter OFF Duty blog: “It would have been hard to top my hike to … Continue reading Flip Flops to Aeroacrophobia

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