Ghastly and ghostly … well, ‘tis the season.

I scurried out for a short walk this morning, blustery and cold as it was. Before heading outside I piled on some extra clothes and my wool headband and set out when it was finally light enough to do so. The Halloween décor in the neighborhood was blowing in the breeze, making it seem even spookier than normal, especially those ghastly looking spider webs with their humungous spiders hanging from them or those gauzy-looking ghosts. It looked like alot of the Halloween decorations have already ended up on neighbor’s lawns due to the windy weather we’ve had of late, which is too bad as you know they’ll never find their way back home again. I just walked in the neighborhood, since it was later, and it seemed like I was just chugging along and I glanced at my pedometer clock and it was time to turn back home. I sure am looking forward to the time change this Sunday, that is, unless the sidewalks and streets are snow covered … I hope they are wrong about this upcoming Halloween forecast, but it doesn’t sound like it – not only is the frost on the pumpkin, but it sounds like it will be covered in snow as well.

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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