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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

Bee nice or buzz off! #Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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RED-dy, Set, Go!!

This week we go all out for the color red and hearts.  Not only is it National Heart Month, but it is the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, the holiday when chocolate abounds, chubby cupids are flitting about and … Continue reading

Posted in #Monthly Color Challenge, holiday, Memories, nature, Valentine's Day, walk, walking | Tagged , , , , , , | 67 Comments

Gawkers. #Wordless Wednesday #Perhaps they’re looking for Spring?

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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Weather whiplash and wingin’ it.

Whew, we’re finally in February and mercifully The Groundhog* did not see its shadow meaning Spring is just around the corner, or so we hope.  I wrote 99.9% of this post last Friday, while the rain was pouring down and … Continue reading

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Eastern Black Swallowtail and Coneflowers. #Wordless Wednesday #I’m thinking warm thoughts – how ’bout you?

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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My Park Pals (a/k/a “The Peanut-eating Paesanos”).

I refer to myself as a lucky photographer because I often show up in the right place at the right time.  However, the photos herein were NOT happenstance on that day.  Nope, I created the scene by lavishing mixed nuts, … Continue reading

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Hey, were you in a pillow fight? #Wordless Wednesday #Um, just stating the obvious! #Molting – ugh

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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The weather outside was frightful …

… when I visited Emily Frank Gardens in the Trenton Cultural Center on August 4th.  (Yep, I know you saw this blog post title and, but for the beautiful Hibiscus flower, you figured I’d be whining about the upcoming Siberian … Continue reading

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Just chillin’ … #Wordless Wednesday #Red-eared Slider and its Pond Slider pals #”Happy Together”

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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Hoofin’ it for hunger.

The snow finally arrived two nights ago, suddenly transforming our nondescript landscape into a pristine white blanket.  It was the first measurable snowfall of the season, albeit a mere four inches, but more than we have seen thus far this … Continue reading

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