Hopscotchin’.

Yup, I have to say I couldn’t resist doing a hop, step and jump on a sidewalk during my walk today. It seems alot of Easter chalk found its way into Easter baskets because I’ve seen rainbow-colored scribbles and scrawls on quite a few sidewalks. While most of the chalk artists drew flowers and some lopsided-looking rabbits, someone (probably a parent) had drawn a hopscotch diagram…well, I couldn’t resist! Afterward, I chuckled to myself when I remembered a neighbor about ten years ago who had her little boy lay spread-eagle on the sidewalk and she drew an outline around him. I watched out of the corner of my eye, while he did likewise for her. She was a little large for such an exercise and I thought he’d run out of chalk before the outline was completed. Their sidewalk looked like a police crime scene for days until the rain came and washed it all away.

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. – Bryan White

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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