Tuesday Musings.

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Linda Schaub

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Sadly, our Spring-like interlude is over and the snow, ice and bitter cold that is the reality of Winter, came rushing back with a vengeance.

Many of us are miffed here in the Mitten State because all the weather forecasters promised this week would be beautiful, but cold, then late Sunday night there was chatter about a dusting of snow.  By Monday morning, that “dusting” had morphed into a four-inch snowfall, accompanied by freezing rain and a Winter Weather Advisory.

Of course, your roving reporter deferred all of her errands from last week to this week, so she could go gallivanting at the parks and piers, just because she really needed that “nature fix” … that was a bad move for this Winter Weenie who dislikes driving in the snow.

Though my posts and photos were prolific recently, I’m mothballing my walking shoes for a while because we have another snow and ice event coming up this Saturday.  It appears that someone stepped on Mother Nature’s toes and got her riled up.

There are even more clouds on the horizon, because the viewing of the spectacular Super Blue Blood Moon will be hampered by clouds here in Southeast Michigan, thus obstructing our view.  Hopefully, those gloomy skies and cloud cover stay in place until Friday so that Punxsutawney Phil CANNOT see his shadow.  I’d sure welcome Spring’s early arrival – you too?

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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24 Responses to Tuesday Musings.

  1. Noor says:
    January 31, 2018 at 8:47 am

    Hey there Linda! I nominated you for the Liebster Award. Congrats! Please check it out:
    https://noorshrfawi.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/liebster-award/

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    • lindasschaub says:
      January 31, 2018 at 2:59 pm

      Thank you so much Noor – I will check this out – how exciting! Unfortunately, I will have to read it later as I am at work right now – got here later as my boss has clients in until this evening, so I did not go online until later. (I work from home.) Thank you again – I am excited to discover what it is all about. – Linda

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    • lindasschaub says:
      February 2, 2018 at 8:02 pm

      Congratulations on your award Noor and thank you for nominating me … I was conflicted, so I have thanked you, written a post how much I enjoy each of my followers’ posts but have not nominated anyone else … whose blog do I pick as they are all such enjoyable blogs??? I hope you understand and here you have my story, hot off the press, or you’ll catch it in Reader … I just left this same message right on your 01/31/18 post … https://lindaschaubblog.net/2018/02/02/predictions-and-predicaments/

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  2. lindasschaub says:
    February 1, 2018 at 7:38 am

    Noor, I took some more time this morning to read about the Liebster Award and I would like to participate and will do so after I can compile a list of fellow bloggers’ links and also give you my answers … even though I’ve been blogging here at WordPress for nearly five years, it is my first time getting this award and I want to do this right. 🙂 Also, I only recently gained subscribers on WordPress … up until around Christmas, I only had a handful of subscribers to my blog, and they were friends who were/are not fellow bloggers;here on WordPress. I am sorry I did not link to your blog yesterday when I replied and I am doing so now and thank you again for this honor. -Linda https://noorshrfawi.wordpress.com/

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  3. The Count Gustaf says:
    February 1, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    Hey missed out on your recent posts. Love them. Easy and super enjoyable read

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  4. sharonchyy says:
    February 1, 2018 at 9:12 pm

    Can’t wait to welcome spring 🌼really tired🤧

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  5. Ann Marie stevens says:
    February 1, 2018 at 9:58 pm

    Miss Linda…………………………hey thanks for reminding me to be on the look out for Mr. Punxsutawney Phil’s shadow tomorrow morning………………….I sure hope the sun’s not out tomorrow

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  6. lindasschaub says:
    February 2, 2018 at 1:25 pm

    Ann Marie – the more I heard the upcoming weather forecast, the more I want to just go to bed and hibernate for the next 6 weeks – of course the Groundhog saw its shadow so 6 more weeks of Winter!

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  7. crazywriterof6 says:
    February 2, 2018 at 7:25 pm

    I miss Michigan. Born and raised there. Been south two years now. I sort of, don’t, miss all the ice and snow. lol…

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    • lindasschaub says:
      February 2, 2018 at 7:54 pm

      I was born in Toronto and lived there the first 10 years of my life and my father got transferred with Ford of Oakville to Ford of Woodhaven. I am still Canadian and carrying my green card – procrastinate much? And, I definitely would not miss the Michigan weather if I had a chance to be in the south. But look at the south’s crazy weather this last few years. My friends in North Carolina and Virginia are getting walloped this year.

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      • crazywriterof6 says:
        February 2, 2018 at 7:57 pm

        Yeah, I am West Virginia currently… I love it here. I miss my lakes though! 😦 We have had quite a bit of snow this year. Ice… COLD temps…

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      • lindasschaub says:
        February 2, 2018 at 8:06 pm

        Yikes, yes the Great Lakes are beautiful, but I’d opt for the warmer weather in a heartbeat, that’s for sure. I am an avid walker and the Winter has sidelined me quite a bit, but you know what … we were having two mild Winter back to back and got spoiled. One of the bloggers I follow lives in Northern Michigan and she wrote earlier this week that she slipped and fell on a patch of ice that was covered in snow and severely damaged her left hand. I’m really wary of walking in Winter for that reason. So easy to slide on glare ice, and I imagine with your cold there, you are getting it as well. (You being from Michigan can show them how to drive though.) I’m a Winter Weenie because when I worked on site, it was Downtown Detroit, and I always took the bus. Now working from home, I’m really turning into a little old lady with my driving habits. 🙂

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      • crazywriterof6 says:
        February 2, 2018 at 8:16 pm

        LOL.. yeah, I am 43 now… I drive the speed limit and let the speed demons fly by now.

        There are so many mountain roads around here. Just a little bit of ice makes driving so very dangerous. If even just a few snowflakes fall, schools close and all milk, bread and lunch meats disappear from the store, lol.
        Ice can be a killer… My wife hurt herself pretty bad a few years back and my own tailbone has seen some bruises, lol.

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      • lindasschaub says:
        February 2, 2018 at 8:20 pm

        I’ve got almost twenty years over you and now, a bad fall could break a bone and land me in the hospital for a long time, so I am extra careful. Speed demons … we sure have them, plus the potholes too … you could take you and your car out in no time flat. My friend who lives in Cary, North Carolina is from Michigan and she does laugh at the milk, bread and such disappearing from the store shelves at the first flakes. She figures she is a trooper at driving, but was a teacher for years before retiring and all the buses will run two or three hours later to wait until it warms up. I’ve taken a few tumbles on the ice myself back in the day … usually I was dressed in lots of layers or a puffy coat as I’d be waiting on the bus, so I didn’t get hurt.

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      • crazywriterof6 says:
        February 2, 2018 at 8:28 pm

        That is my number one goal in life at the moment! STAY OUT OF HOSPITALS!! lol…

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      • lindasschaub says:
        February 2, 2018 at 8:30 pm

        Do that, and not just because of the flu. The woman who wrote about falling on the ice was happy because her teenaged son had an oncologist appointment and was given a clean bill of health, and then she took a tumble later that afternoon. I don’t know the particulars of his illness … I only started following her after someone remarked about her post on our Michigan Meteor event.

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