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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

Pickin’ and Grinnin’ …

It was picture perfect this morning, and I was anxious to get out and enjoy a long walk, before reluctantly heading back to deal with the basement doldrums.  On this third weekend of the decluttering and cleaning odyssey, I am … Continue reading

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As luck would have it …

I’m not a betting woman, nor am I a meteorologist, but, I could have predicted the recent morning bouts of sloppy and stormy weather.  After all, the Wyandotte Street Art Fair began on Wednesday morning.  This annual event always gets … Continue reading

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Wilting on this Wednesday …

We are officially immersed in those dreaded “Dog Days of Summer” so, no wonder this wicked heat and high humidity is so unbearable, leaving us wilting on this Wednesday. I would like to know what the above young lady’s secret … Continue reading

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Feeling a mite tropical out there …

The muggies are back bigtime, and the morning air felt oppressive when I left for my walk. I’m sure the Parrotheads are lovin’ this tropical-like weather, as they don their coconut bras and grass skirts in anticipation of tonight’s Jimmy … Continue reading

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A sun-soaked Sunday.

Another gorgeous morning!  On cold Winter days, we will remember these moments and wish we could bottle up days like today.  I believe Summer should be defined, not by those blistering hot and humid days, or scary severe weather events, … Continue reading

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Critter calisthenics.

Friday’s soggy start wiped out my morning walk.  The sun eventually put in an appearance, right around the time I logged in at work, then we got another dose of stormy weather around dinnertime. Oh well … there will be … Continue reading

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Back in the saddle again …

Boy, it would be great to be Gumby, that tall character who always seemed to be limber and bendable.  Somehow I have lost that flexibility and range of motion that I just took for granted when I was younger. I … Continue reading

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Plop, plop, fizz, fizz.

It’s the last leg of the long holiday; for some it was a four-day weekend, and for others just today.  And sadly, the next long holiday will signal the unofficial end to Summer.  At any rate, it was an occasion … Continue reading

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Rain, rockin’ the Park and naptime!

Today began with a soggy start and a couple of big boomers to boot … and they weren’t firecrackers either. There were two downpours before dawn, the latter, a torrential rain pounding on the patio roof. Well, I felt like … Continue reading

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Dilly-Dallying …

When I was a little nipper, and poking along as kids often do, Mom would become impatient and admonish me by saying “now Linda, don’t dilly-dally along!” Well, this morning at the Park, I dilly-dallied on purpose.  So there! I … Continue reading

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