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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

Today was muggy and buggy …

… and “sluggy” as well. What a difference a day makes. I was really enjoying that cool, pre-Fall weather and along comes the heat and humidity again. I left before it got too hot, but, I guess I didn’t leave … Continue reading

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Fired up to get ‘er done …

It was a tad nippy once again when I headed out for my walk today.   There was not too much action going on in the streets as I made my way down to the River, so, I decided to zigzag … Continue reading

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Brown Betty.

Still another chilly morning – in fact it was feeling quite Fallish out there. Today I wore a jacket and stopped short of donning gloves as well; for sure I wasn’t sweatin’ on my walk. These cooler mornings have me … Continue reading

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It’s up, it’s down …

Just like a rollercoaster, the temperature and the stock market have a foot race going these days – each is rising and falling and leaving us rather breathless and exasperated in its wake. At least the gasoline prices will be … Continue reading

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Just grin and bear it …

Today was another beautiful day – in fact, I’d call it a “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” kind of day. Why? Because the temps were like the porridge that Goldilocks sampled when she trespassed at the bears’ abode … not … Continue reading

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Tour de Parcs.

It was another beautiful morning which has morphed into an even more beautiful day. For sure, we are blessed with a weekend of perfect weather – blue skies, no humidity and coolish temps, all pretty uncharacteristic for August in Michigan. … Continue reading

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Gone fishin’ … um, make that galavantin’.

I felt like I should hang out a sign when I departed this morning on my walk: “Gone Galavantin’ – back in a bit” – you know, kind of like a fisherman does when he heads out, pole in hand … Continue reading

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I wonder if this is one of Wilson’s pals?

I guess I have water on the brain, er mind today. On Wednesday, the forecast on every news site screamed out severe weather beginning in the afternoon and lasting into the evening hours. We’ve been busy at work this past … Continue reading

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The big ride (with lotsa horsepower).

It’s a picture-perfect day for a cruise – the Woodward Dream Cruise that is. While this annual event, now in its 20th year, takes place many miles from where I live, you simply cannot escape the hoopla surrounding the granddaddy … Continue reading

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You gotta hydrate … or hibernate.

Summer’s heat and humidity have made an encore performance and will linger over the next four days. I lost track of whether it rained or not last night, and, since it was sooooo muggy, I thought Council Point Park might … Continue reading

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