Skip to content

Writing Down the Story

Living life and writing it down

Primary Navigation

  • Home
  • About Me
  • My Blogs
  • Adventure Log
  • Notes from Three of Earth Farm
  • Flora & Fauna Friday
  • Wordless Wednesday
  • Essays & Memoirs
  • MeMoRy MoNdAy
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.

Personal Links

  • Writing Down the Story
  • Daughter on Duty
  • My View from the Garden
  • Caregiver Ally / Author

View Full Profile →

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 276 other followers

  • Home
  • About Me
  • My Blogs
  • Adventure Log
  • Notes from Three of Earth Farm
  • Flora & Fauna Friday
  • Wordless Wednesday
  • Essays & Memoirs
  • MeMoRy MoNdAy

Instagram

Morning Sky.
Wordless Wednesday. #wordlesswednesday #mtsthelens #mtsthelensnationalmonument #indianpaintbrush #writingdownthestory
Morning Sky. #morningsky #sunrise
Wordless Wednesday See more Wordless Wednesday on my website. URL always on my profile. #wordlesswednesday #sunrise
Morning Sky. #morningsky #sunrise
Morning Sky #morningsky #sunrise #writingdownthestory
Wordless Wednesday
Evening Sky. #eveningsky

Archives

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

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.

Personal Links

  • Writing Down the Story
  • Daughter on Duty
  • My View from the Garden
  • Caregiver Ally / Author

View Full Profile →

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

  • Home
  • About Me
  • My Blogs
  • Adventure Log
  • Notes from Three of Earth Farm
  • Flora & Fauna Friday
  • Wordless Wednesday
  • Essays & Memoirs
  • MeMoRy MoNdAy

Archives

Tag: Lena Lake

Adventure Log: Lena Lake— A Broken Open Heart
Adventure Log

Adventure Log: Lena Lake— A Broken Open Heart

6.4 miles (31 / 70). There needs to be a word for when you are a weepy mess, but there … Continue reading Adventure Log: Lena Lake— A Broken Open Heart

Adventure Log: Lena Lake – A Mask, a Bear Bell, and the Hamma Hamma
Adventure Log, writingdownthestory in Photograph

Adventure Log: Lena Lake – A Mask, a Bear Bell, and the Hamma Hamma

May 27, 2020 Pecan trees produce nuts on a boom and bust irregular cycle; growing and accumulating calories at different … Continue reading Adventure Log: Lena Lake – A Mask, a Bear Bell, and the Hamma Hamma

writingdownthestory in Essay, writingdownthestory in Photograph

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

writingdownthestory in Essay, writingdownthestory in Photograph

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…

Website Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Writing Down the Story
    • Join 276 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Writing Down the Story
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...