Stridin’.

Today is National Walking Day, a relatively new commemoration of this great activity. Before I laced up my walking shoes I heard the radio announcer proclaiming that a mere one hour of brisk walking will increase your life by two hours. Well, that’s a great ratio and it’s a great pastime. Your only cost is a good pair of walking shoes, and maybe some type of vessel to tote some cool water as it gets warmer. The pedometer is not really necessary because you can just as easily map out your route on Google maps, but it is fun to know just how many miles you can rack up during a morning of running errands and just even walking around the house. You can strive to stride the 10,000 steps per day that Michelle Obama encourages, but that many steps is a whopping five miles! Feet, don’t fail me now!

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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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