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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

Feeling Fallish …

… and footballish. Well, today is a football Saturday and we have the first home games for our primo Michigan college teams. Unlike the away games last week, the weather no longer feels tropical. In fact, it was a nifty-fifty … Continue reading

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Teardrops and raindrops …

The early morning weather turned out to be a bonus, because yesterday all the weather folks predicted rain at a.m. drive time. That forecast caused me to languish under the covers a little longer after the alarm went off, as … Continue reading

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Summer’s swan song …

Image and copyright by Rodney Campbell: https://www.flickr.com/photos/acrylicartist/6162565643 There must be a hundred songs or more celebrating Summer. But, once the sun sets on Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer, there is no mistaking the harsh reality that the season … Continue reading

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Get your glow on …

This miserable heat wave persists, but mercifully, more seasonable temps will return in a few days. Well, hurrah for that news. I was a little conflicted this morning. While I prefer to walk when it is cooler outside, on Sundays … Continue reading

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I have “bean” to the local farmer’s market.

At least once a year, I meander over to the Lincoln Park Farmer’s Market to check out their wares. All the local farmers converge every Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., bringing with them a wealth of freshly picked … Continue reading

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Are you toes up this weekend?

It’s another sizzling day, with soaring humidity, thanks to all the back-to-back storms over the last 24 hours. The people who are headed to the beach, or up north to their cottages, are rejoicing about the heat and humidity – … Continue reading

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Rah-rah-sis-boom-bah … that old college spirit.

On a sweltering hot day, interrupted by round one of what will be two rounds of volatile weather, we welcome in the college football season … U of M kicks off tonight and MSU tomorrow night. But, it hardly feels … Continue reading

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Made in the shade.

It was another sultry morning when I left for my walk, and the atmosphere was just oppressive at 75 degrees and 90% humidity. As I headed east toward the River, I felt a wee bit of a breeze, but when … Continue reading

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Dragonflies and devils.

September has arrived. When I listened to the tropical-sounding weather forecast before I left for my walk, I swear I thought it was August 1st and not the first day of September. I think Mother Nature flipped her calendar page … Continue reading

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I grabbed the brass ring today, and …

… I didn’t even ride the merry-go-round. Well, I knew I was going to break that 400-mile barrier today when I set off on my walk, so I decided to just hang out close to home and scope out the … Continue reading

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