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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

Thrills and spills, but …

… no chills. Today I threw in the towel and stayed indoors again – it was just too hot for me. I must admit to being a wienie in deciding that the air-conditioned house was more of a draw than … Continue reading

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Draggin’ my wagon.

I took a break on Friday from walking due to this relentless heat and humidity, but, I was back at it again this morning. I guess I’m just like the rabbit trying to catch up to that elusive carrot since … Continue reading

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Good day sunshine?

It seems that the full moon and Mr. Sun have been boasting to one another about their brilliance this week. The Hay Moon was an appropriate name for that nighttime orb since most of our grass looks like hay right … Continue reading

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Footsteps at the footbridge.

The way I see it, today and tomorrow, will be tolerable for walking and the rest of the week will be like being in a sauna. I pity the people who work outside on hot days.  They must get used … Continue reading

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It’s a “BOULEtiful” thing – the boule on the Boulevard.

When I left on my walk this morning, it was downright chilly! Dark clouds loomed overhead and the sun obviously slept in.  The sky looked as if it would open up any moment and pour down raining, so I took … Continue reading

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Whew doggies!

It was a hot one today, wasn’t it? Those Dog Days of Summer officially kicked in on July 3rd and will end on August 11th, so that means there will be a whole lotta sweatin’ going on in the next … Continue reading

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More musings ‘bout birds …

It seems that Papa Robin gets the last word when it comes to humans intervening with Mama Robin and the babies. This morning, I packed my camera, then meandered over to Marge’s magnolia bush to get a picture of Mama … Continue reading

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Mother Nature has her warm-and-fuzzy moments sometimes.

It’s been a tumultuous week. For me, it started with that big bang … that explosion that happened at 3:00 a.m. a week ago today. You’ll recall, I wrote that in the moments after the big bang, many thoughts crowded … Continue reading

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After a half-century here in the USA, I’m just like “one of you”, eh?

It seems as though 2016 has been a year for monumental anniversaries for me … today, is still another. We moved to the United States from Canada on July 8, 1966, so that means that I have lived here in … Continue reading

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Fresh as a daisy?

Hot and sultry. No, not me silly … the weather the past few days has been pretty steamy out there. Walking is not much fun when the temps are over 70 and the humidity is a gazillion percent in the … Continue reading

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