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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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Adventure Log: Weldon Wagon Trail
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Adventure Log: Weldon Wagon Trail

Washington’s public state lands opened back up for day use on Tuesday. Except the ones that didn’t. My favorite hiking … Continue reading Adventure Log: Weldon Wagon Trail

For Times Such as These
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For Times Such as These

April 2, 2020 Pre・science /’preSH(ē)ǝns (noun): the fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge. I don’t claim to … Continue reading For Times Such as These

Adventure Log: Silver Star Mt./Ed’s Trail
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Adventure Log: Silver Star Mt./Ed’s Trail

Dateline: July 11, 2018 Help. Thanks. Wow! The prayer that is sufficient for everything is applicable for this hike in … Continue reading Adventure Log: Silver Star Mt./Ed’s Trail

(Mis-) Adventure Log: Sunrise Peak
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(Mis-) Adventure Log: Sunrise Peak

I had an uneasiness about Sunrise Peak in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, that the last review on the Washington … Continue reading (Mis-) Adventure Log: Sunrise Peak

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Wordless Wednesday

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Adventure Log: Spray Park
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Adventure Log: Spray Park

Now I understand why the ancient Jews’ name for God was the unpronounceable YHVH: sometimes there are no nouns big … Continue reading Adventure Log: Spray Park

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Flora & Fauna Friday

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Adventure Log: Boundary West, Mt. St. Helens
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Adventure Log: Boundary West, Mt. St. Helens

The day dawns yellow sun rising to cloudless blue. My destination sits at the end of the valley from my … Continue reading Adventure Log: Boundary West, Mt. St. Helens

Adventure Log: Lower Lena Lake
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Adventure Log: Lower Lena Lake

July 1, 2017 Trip latte in hand, I left town at 6:30 Friday morning and turned CuRVy toward the Olympic … Continue reading Adventure Log: Lower Lena Lake

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Wordless Wednesday

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