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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 storyteller, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer.

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Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday

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Adventure Log: Skyscraper Mountain
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Adventure Log: Skyscraper Mountain

August 25, 2020 Fifteen minutes. Ten even. That’s all I needed. If I’d gotten up fifteen minutes earlier than usual… … Continue reading Adventure Log: Skyscraper Mountain

Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday

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Adventure Log: Owyhigh Lakes
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Adventure Log: Owyhigh Lakes

July 10, 2020 Lil darlin’ it’s been a long, wet, lonely summer…but I can see clearly now the rain is … Continue reading Adventure Log: Owyhigh Lakes

Adventure Log: Foggy Day at Dege Peak
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Adventure Log: Foggy Day at Dege Peak

My enthusiasm for hiking is in its end-of-season slide, as are the available good weather days. I’m ready for hunkering … Continue reading Adventure Log: Foggy Day at Dege Peak

Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Lighter Than Air
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Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Lighter Than Air

Despite last week’s surprise snow, things seem well on the way toward a season change now. Other people have crocuses … Continue reading Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Lighter Than Air

Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday

Moments after publishing the post about missing my mother at Christmas, there she was. The sky went from grey, to … Continue reading 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

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