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

Monday morning … mowed lawns and magnolia blossoms.

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Linda Schaub

I shut the screen door to leave for my walk this morning, and the first thing I saw was a big, fat robin sitting on the chain-link fence glaring at me. I hadn’t stepped on his toes, but he shot … Continue reading →

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Happy Earth Day 2016!

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Linda Schaub

Hello Earthlings! How did you celebrate this special day dedicated to Mother Earth? On this April 22nd, the day we have annually commemorated our planet since 1970, it dawned without that pesky rain which tainted our Thursday and threatened to … Continue reading →

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Spring has returned again after yesterday’s little blip …

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Linda Schaub

… and the day dawned sunny, so off I went. Today, I could enjoy the scenery a little more, because yesterday, I was about a mile out of the gate, when the gray sky squeezed out a few raindrops … … Continue reading →

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Shades of Summer, er Spring.

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Linda Schaub

The non-stop beautiful weather has been simply glorious. It is hard to believe that one week ago we were dealing with slush and ice and snow, and, here we are now with temps feeling like Summer already. We are poised … Continue reading →

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The ultimate Throwback Thursday.

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Linda Schaub

What a perfect morning we had today … bright and beautiful, and I was just itchin’ to get outside and enjoy it. I aimed to take a long walk, a journey of sorts, because today is the first day of … Continue reading →

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When will Spring spring?

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Linda Schaub

This time I think it is finally on the way, though I won’t hold my breath (which is still coming out as frosty vapors as of this morning). While the past few Winters may have received the moniker of “The … Continue reading →

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Take me out to the ballgame, or …

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Linda Schaub

maybe it would be nicer to just stay inside where it’s warm and catch the event there, even though our crackerjack weatherman Paul Gross now predicts the game will most likely be played sans precipitation. Well, Thursday morning my walk … Continue reading →

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I sneaked out and eked out a walk because …

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Linda Schaub

… today is National Walking Day. I had been mindful that the weathermen had predicted a potpourri of ugly weather on this Wednesday, and, I was prepared to be on the inside looking out, but I lucked out. As soon … Continue reading →

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Linda Schaub

I remember a teacher from way back in grade school telling us kids that every day we should “be like the sun and rise and shine”, no matter how we felt. I thought of that phrase this morning – I … Continue reading →

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I think Spring went on Spring Break.

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Linda Schaub

Where the heck did Spring go? I think it is on hiatus somewhere else, because it sure isn’t here. I left the house early this morning and decided to head to the marina. The sky was ugly and dark – … Continue reading →

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