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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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How to Be a Winter Person
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How to Be a Winter Person

Wintering. A season in the cold. A transition between two worlds. Often involuntary. Always inevitable. As we enter this third … Continue reading How to Be a Winter Person

Kickass Grandparenting: How to Tell a Story—101
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Kickass Grandparenting: How to Tell a Story—101

Adrian, who turned five last week, is a burgeoning storyteller. During the eight months of Pandemic School at Three of … Continue reading Kickass Grandparenting: How to Tell a Story—101

Pandemic Connections
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Pandemic Connections

“The mayor is now on the radio asking for volunteers who have mountaineering experience to come to the fire hall … Continue reading Pandemic Connections

Traveling the Story: Gratitude
Kickass Grandparenting in the TIme of Corona

Traveling the Story: Gratitude

As winter damp season settles in, Three of Earth School is settling in too. After several iterations, Elliot’s Seattle school … Continue reading Traveling the Story: Gratitude

Adventure Log: Whidbey Island
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Adventure Log: Whidbey Island

July 17, 2020 Summer has finally has come to the PNW, but the calendar cares not when the heat arrives … Continue reading Adventure Log: Whidbey Island

Adventure Log: Lower S. Fork Skokomish River in Crazy Times
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Adventure Log: Lower S. Fork Skokomish River in Crazy Times

March 16, 2020 Life is a verb—the title of a book by Patti Digh—is an appropriate descriptive for these strange … Continue reading Adventure Log: Lower S. Fork Skokomish River in Crazy Times

Points of Light
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Points of Light

A wisp of grey cloud is passing across the waning half moon as I sit this morning in my chair … Continue reading Points of Light

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

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

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