Author Archives: Linda Schaub

About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each and every post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things I see on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, and 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 that day. I respect and appreciate nature and my interaction 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. My career has been in the legal field and I have been a legal secretary for four decades, primarily working in downtown Detroit, and now working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in print journalism in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met and shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing once again in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy – hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub

Memorial Day 2023.

Sometimes you have to write from the heart … Admittedly, just like so many other “worker bees” I am enjoying this three-day respite from the regular routine, but it is always good to take a few moments to reflect on … Continue reading

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Just Chillin’. #Wordless Wednesday #Feeling ducky!

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Learning on my terms.

Last week I received an e-mail – the re: line was “Hello, Dear LPHS 1973 Classmate!” and the topic was our LPHS 50th Reunion. Even though my previous RSVPs were a hard “no” it seemed the flyer attached to the … Continue reading

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Dandelion Darling. #Wordless Wednesday #Wanna share?

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Tempus Fugit.

Well I’ve stumbled across a few Latin phrases after 43 years in the legal biz, a few which I’ve committed to memory, but it doesn’t really impress folks much when you throw around res ipsa loquitur or ipso facto … … Continue reading

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What photo does not belong here? #Wordless Wednesday #“Ooh baby baby, it’s a wild world….”

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Pickin’ and grinnin’ and …

… pitchin’ in. On any given day, loose litter blows about in the gentle wind … a stray fast-food wrapper here, an empty water bottle there. A half-eaten apple, carelessly tossed aside, reposes near the perimeter path, evidently too dilapidated … Continue reading

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Parker sez: “Five peanuts for five poses!” #Wordless Wednesday #Yep, I paid up!

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Tree-hugging and trekking.

Just like many Michiganders, on Earth Day 2023, I awoke to a soggy Saturday. While I sipped my coffee, I decided that Mother Earth was shedding tears … tears for what has become of our planet. I am not talking … Continue reading

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Spring cleaning, er … preening! #Wordless Wednesday #Now I’m good to go and I’ll get a gullfriend!

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