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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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Lake Quinault Rain Forest: Adventure Log and More
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Lake Quinault Rain Forest: Adventure Log and More

February 12, 2022 It’s been a difficult week, more on that later. But first, I’m off for a much needed … Continue reading Lake Quinault Rain Forest: Adventure Log and More

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

Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday

First meal in a restaurant since . . . well, you know. Continue reading Wordless Wednesday

Of Winter Storms, Pandemic, and WWII: Unprepared
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Of Winter Storms, Pandemic, and WWII: Unprepared

I flip on the light over my bed at five o’clock Saturday morning and unplug my phone and scroll through … Continue reading Of Winter Storms, Pandemic, and WWII: Unprepared

Closing Out 2020: Finding the Good
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Closing Out 2020: Finding the Good

Dear Reader: The opening of a post I read today by a blogging author I follow began that way, “Dear … Continue reading Closing Out 2020: Finding the Good

Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Snowberry Christmas
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Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Snowberry Christmas

It’s Christmas Eve in this strangest of years. It’s still dark out the window from where I sit in the … Continue reading Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Snowberry Christmas

The Way We Were
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The Way We Were

I commanded Alexa to “play Christmas music” last night and immediately realized I needed to be more specific or I … Continue reading The Way We Were

Three of Earth School: Norms for Abnormal Times
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Three of Earth School: Norms for Abnormal Times

It was a difficult Monday afternoon. It was the Tuesday afternoon from hell. There were very big feelings among all … Continue reading Three of Earth School: Norms for Abnormal Times

Three of Earth School: I Think You  Need to Unmute  Yourself
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Three of Earth School: I Think You Need to Unmute Yourself

Elliot’s teacher said it countless times to her first grade class this week. They are words not previously in the … Continue reading Three of Earth School: I Think You Need to Unmute Yourself

Adventure Log: Boundary West, Spontaneity
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Adventure Log: Boundary West, Spontaneity

July 19,  2020 I did something yesterday I never do. I went for an unplanned hike. I was late getting … Continue reading Adventure Log: Boundary West, Spontaneity

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