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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

Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal (and a pal) partake of peanuts at the Park. #Wordless Wednesday #A favorite vintage ornament.

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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Lean, mean and green.

We’re right in the thick of it … the ambience and magic of the holiday season that is.  Tonight Hanukkah begins and now there are merely eleven more sleeps until Santa arrives.  Bakers are bustling, mail carriers are hustling, all … Continue reading

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Which way is Santa Claus? #Wordless Wednesday #Remember those days?

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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When there’s wicked wind, wildflowers and …

… familiar feathery and leathery friends.  On the middle day of the long Memorial Day weekend, I did some Sunday strolling at Lake Erie Metropark.  I’d already visited this venue several times since Spring had emerged after a too-long Winter.  … Continue reading

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Before and after a cup of Joe. #Wordless Wednesday #Sadly, we don’t ALL rise and shine!

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Mama, munchkins and mud puddles.

It’s the last day of Thanksgiving weekend – holiday #1 is in the books and now it is full steam ahead to the festive holidays of Hanukkah and Christmas.  If you’re exhausted and in need a smile, here’s a wee … Continue reading

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Tom and the gang are going to Grandma’s house tomorrow for spiral-sliced ham. #Wordless Wednesday #Talkin’ turkey #Click on your card below

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story. Don’t be a turkey – click here!

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The Gathering.

On Thursday many of you will gather with loved ones and friends to give thanks for food and other blessings.  As we ease into Thanksgiving week, I want to update you on MY “family” of furry and feathered friends at … Continue reading

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We aren’t ALL boring brown anymore; you can tell the boys from the girls! #Wordless Wednesday #Our Eclipse Phase is over!

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Catch me if you can!

Just as this walker muddled through a less-than-pleasant Summer, Mother Nature’s Summer of 2025 similarly plodded along, pumping out record warmth and humidity, until begrudgingly backing off and allowing cooler temps to prevail.  It was almost as though Summer mocked … Continue reading

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