Another walk bites the dust … er, mud.

I can’t win for losin’. I spent two days running errands, grocery shopping and going to eye doctor and allergist appointments … I had planned to walk to those two appointments yesterday, but the weather was looking a little funky at 7:30 a.m. when I was ready to leave, so reluctantly, I had to drive. I knew this morning would be stormy, so I just slept in. I am hearing that we will enjoy a series of bright and sunny days coming up for the long weekend – well, let’s keep our fingers crossed this comes to fruition as we sure deserve it don’t we? I am hopeful to get in some long walks over the holiday since I am now neck-in-neck re: miles driven versus miles walked, and I simply can’t let that happen, since at the tail end of 2013 I ended up with 100 more miles walked than driven. This year’s stats are a sad testament to my 2014 walking regimen to date, since I never even backed the car out of the garage from January 16th to March 16th! Tomorrow, I vow to surge ahead and leave that miles-driven stat behind in the dust à la California Chrome.

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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