Twitter.

No, not THAT Twitter®, but instead the twitter of songbirds who have seemingly come out of hiding to serenade me as I strolled along during a two-mile walk on this peaceful Good Friday morning. Due to the holiday, there were not many people out and about and the route was serene and quiet but for the “tweets” and “twittering” of birds from their perches in still-bare trees. What a treat for the ears of this Winter-weary soul! The weather was delightful this morning. Gone were the blustery winds and stinging cold I encountered earlier this week. Query: could Spring have finally arrived? “No” says the robin who responds to the question in my unspoken thought. He is wearing his perpetual scowl and hopping to and fro, trying to drill his bright-yellow beak into a still-frozen front lawn in a feeble attempt to find worms . I told Mr. Robin it was an admirable effort but to try again in a few weeks.

About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub

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