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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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Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Another first for the Year of Seventy: public speaking. Following my mother’s footprints. Continue reading Wordless Wednesday

Connection to Home at Life’s End
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Connection to Home at Life’s End

“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” — James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room The rural house sat … Continue reading Connection to Home at Life’s End

I Have a Brand New Website!
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I Have a Brand New Website!

Kind of makes me want to burst into song: “I have a brand new pair of roller skates, you have … Continue reading I Have a Brand New Website!

Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part One
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Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part One

“An archeological excavation is the exposure, processing, and recording of archeological remains.” I have been living in my family home … Continue reading Excavating a Home: An Archeological Dig, Part One

The World is Mud-luscious and Puddle-wonderful
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The World is Mud-luscious and Puddle-wonderful

There are two days with sunny forecasts sandwiched between days of possible rain. I decide to finally go out to … Continue reading The World is Mud-luscious and Puddle-wonderful

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