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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

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One More Autumn Hike: Snowgrass Flat
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One More Autumn Hike: Snowgrass Flat

“Stellajoe!” my father would say to my mother. “How would like to live in a place like this on a … Continue reading One More Autumn Hike: Snowgrass Flat

Adventure Log: Olympic National Park, Camping with the Littles
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Adventure Log: Olympic National Park, Camping with the Littles

I returned last week to a campground of my childhood, Mora, at Rialto Beach in the Olympic National Park. I … Continue reading Adventure Log: Olympic National Park, Camping with the Littles

Adventure Log: Paradise, Releasing My Mother
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Adventure Log: Paradise, Releasing My Mother

I traveled to Paradise yesterday to release some of my mother’s ashes into the vastness at my favorite spot in … Continue reading Adventure Log: Paradise, Releasing My Mother

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Flora & Fauna Saturday

Petrichor: The smell of the parched earth after rain. Continue reading Flora & Fauna Saturday

Adventure Log: Ruby Beach
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Adventure Log: Ruby Beach

As I drive west today, away from the source of the smoke that is blanketing the Pacific Northwest, if not … Continue reading Adventure Log: Ruby Beach

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