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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

The big event has finally arrived!

… and, not a moment too soon. Just think, after today,  no more ads for the candidates – no more harping on their adversary’s inadequacies, either vocally, or on Twitter or Facebook.  Hallelujah! Meanwhile, on this morning’s walk, I had … Continue reading

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Seizing the moment …

Today was still another round of autumnal bliss from start to finish. I loved that long-anticipated, earlier start to my day, thanks to returning to Standard Time. Yippee for that! Now, going forward, our sunrise will be fairly steady, not … Continue reading

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Glorious Autumn …

We’re already six weeks into one of the most-beautiful Autumns I can remember in a long time … well, except for those few pesky rainy days, it has been perfect. And, so it was once again today. I paused awhile … Continue reading

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“Sometimes you feel like a nut …

… sometimes you don’t.” All day long, I’ve had that jingle from the 70s commercial for “Mounds” and “Almond Joy” candy bars playing in my head. It could be, because I walked out to the garage this morning and the … Continue reading

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A most-haunted jaunt.

The morning had a Halloween-type air about it … no, not just the décor, but also the gray and dismal sky, and, it had rained earlier, because, when I set out, large portions of moisture darkened the sidewalk and driveway. … Continue reading

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Who will draw first blood?

It was a chilling morning … well, perhaps chilly, would be the more-appropriate description for it. The brisk weather for the journey and a great collection of ghoulish and gory souls along the way … well, they just add to … Continue reading

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Oh, the weather outside is frightful …

Oops … wrong holiday and wrong season! But, in my defense, the weather, during the course of the last week, felt very Fallish and awfully frightful, with all this cold and blustery air, and, not just falling temps, but all … Continue reading

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“Mummified” is the word of the day.

It was only 40 degrees with a “real feel” of 34 when I stepped out this morning – what happened to that beautiful weather we had for my last walk just this past Wednesday? The morning was sunny and very … Continue reading

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Skullduggery.

It was a beautiful weather day. My favorite meteorologist, Paul Gross, prefaced the impending cold spell by proclaiming: “You KNOW we’ve been living on borrowed time.  After all, it’s the middle of October!” That warning didn’t sound good. Well, so … Continue reading

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Leaning to the left …

… and the right. … and backward … and forward too. No, this isn’t some sort of political commentary. Nor, is it the title to the animated chant we cried out circa 1972, while we cheered on our Lincoln Park … Continue reading

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