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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

In the limelight. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Blue Heron #Lean, mean and green!

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

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Spanning the seasons ….

The first day of Summer officially arrives on Sunday, June 21st, BUT, so does Father’s Day and I would be remiss in not giving a nod to all the fathers out there on their special day, (even if some of … Continue reading

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‘Twas a dovely morning. #Wordless Wednesday #Mourning Dove amidst the Cottonwood fuzz.

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

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Tripping down Memory Lane: 1976 style!

If you’re a longtime follower, you know I love to stir the memory pot and share some tidbits from my past from time to time.  Since beginning my blog in 2013, several times I have stepped back five decades to … Continue reading

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“Wormies” … The Breakfast of Champions! #Wordless Wednesday #Enjoying a protein power breakfast, one segment at a time!

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

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Hyacinths in the ‘hood.

What happened to that little ditty I learned way back in elementary school about “March winds, April showers, help bring May flowers?” I guess that was long before our weather got wacky and morphed seasons together in such a nonsensical … Continue reading

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Spring Beauties! #Wordless Wednesday #The flowers are Spring Beauties a/k/a Fairy Spud or Miner’s Lettuce

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Honoring our centuries-old war dead.

Memorial Day is the time to honor the country’s war dead, so why not do a little time traveling and go way back, like 165+ years? I am always trying to think ahead when it comes to my blog posts … Continue reading

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When you make like an ostrich …. #Wordless Wednesday #A brief escape from reality!

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Familiar places (and faces)!

After a month of “March Weather Madness” Mother Nature shone, although she would soon lose her accolades when we had a week of wild, wacky, severe weather following that dazzling day. This is why you seize the day when you … Continue reading

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