Author Archives: Linda Schaub

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

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

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Linda Schaub

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!

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Linda Schaub

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 …

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Linda Schaub

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.

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Linda Schaub

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?

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Linda Schaub

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?

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Linda Schaub

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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It’s a patriotic day in the neighborhood.

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Linda Schaub

Sunny too, so I think Mr. Rodgers would be crowing about it as well. The 4th of July is the one day of the year that you can indulge me so I can tell you that “I took a constitutional” … Continue reading →

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Sunny side up and scrambled legs.

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Linda Schaub

Yesterday’s kaboom event plum tuckered me out, so I was tucked into bed by 10:00 p.m. However, it was rather foolish on my part to think I could recoup those ZZZZZZs I was deprived of due to Saturday’s 3:00 a.m. … Continue reading →

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Bearing down on 350 miles …

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Linda Schaub

Today was a long day – in fact an extra-long day. It began at 3:00 a.m. when an explosion in the neighboring city of Melvindale rocked my house. That big bang was unlike anything I’ve ever heard, or felt, before … Continue reading →

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Meandering down to the marina.

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Linda Schaub

This morning was absolutely beautiful … even a little on the cool side, so I decided that a trip to the Rivers Edge Marina in Ecorse should be my destination. At first, that northerly breeze made me wish I’d taken … Continue reading →

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