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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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Tag: Skyline Trail

A Rove & an Adventure
Adventure Log, Summer of 70

A Rove & an Adventure

The Rove4.7 mi / 103.1 of 101 / 136 connections I’m up early on Tuesday and heading to Paradise in … Continue reading A Rove & an Adventure

Adventure Log: Soul Rising at Paradise
Adventure Log

Adventure Log: Soul Rising at Paradise

October 3, 2020 I didn’t leave early for my last hike of the season, unless you consider 6:15 early. It … Continue reading Adventure Log: Soul Rising at Paradise

Adventure Log: Whiteout at Paradise, Color Cancelled
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Adventure Log: Whiteout at Paradise, Color Cancelled

Can I leave home at the same time I did last year (4:30 am, four days earlier) and get to … Continue reading Adventure Log: Whiteout at Paradise, Color Cancelled

Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday

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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

Adventure Log: Paradise 2—Saying “Yes” to the Call.
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Adventure Log: Paradise 2—Saying “Yes” to the Call.

I wanted to see the color of autumn at Paradise. Two weeks ago it had barely begun. (Read that log … Continue reading Adventure Log: Paradise 2—Saying “Yes” to the Call.

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Wordless Wednesday

(For more photos and words, see my latest Adventure Log.) Continue reading Wordless Wednesday

Adventure Log: Paradise
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Adventure Log: Paradise

Dateline: September 11, 2017 Paradise, Mt. Rainier National Park, Skyline Trail It’s fitting that my final regularly scheduled adventure of … Continue reading Adventure Log: Paradise

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