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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

Summer continues to establish itself …

Today, as Summer continued to establish itself as the “real current season”, I set out on another early morning walk. It didn’t seem to be as hot and sticky as yesterday, but, perhaps that was because I pared down my … Continue reading →

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It’s Summertime, Summertime, Sum Sum Summertime …

Just as that old song by The Jamies says – it’s Summertime. Today and tomorrow anyway. It was an icky and sticky morning when I ventured out in considerably less clothing than my walks earlier in the week. Even so, … Continue reading →

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I was lookin’ for ducks in all the wrong places …

One of our local meteorologists, Paul Gross, says “get set to sweat” tomorrow. Well, there was no sweating this morning I’ll tell you. When I got up at 5:00 a.m., it was only 54 degrees out. The house seemed cold … Continue reading →

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R-E-F-R-E-S-H!

Forget the R-E-S-P-E-C-T that Aretha sings about … I was ready to launch into song myself, right along with the many songbirds that dotted the canopy of trees along Emmons Boulevard as I set out on my walk today. Why? … Continue reading →

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Well, I officially retired …

… my old pair of walking shoes this morning, much as I hated to do so. But, it was time and the big hole in the sole looked something like that large gaping pothole that keeps opening up on the … Continue reading →

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Friend or foe? Who comes here?

This morning was just perfect for me.  It was the kind of weather that you and I dreamed about all during the long, cold Winter and chilly Spring.  I was up early, dressed and out the door, packing my camera … Continue reading →

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Catching some ZZZZZs and snagging some sea creatures.

Well, the weather folks were touting this rainy Thursday and we got it.  It is still drizzling out there.  I figured it was safe to set the alarm for later as there’d be no walk for me this morning.  I … Continue reading →

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A rolling stone gathers no moss.

And neither did I … as to walking anyway. This morning I headed out early for a long trek, eager to get out into this excellent walking weather, which was 100% better than yesterday’s humidity. I am loving this coolish … Continue reading →

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Knotty but nice …

This morning, while my boss Robb made his 240-mile trek back from the family cabin in Georgian Bay, I was wending my way through Wyandotte, via Emmons Boulevard to the River … and back home again. Yesterday I spent five … Continue reading →

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It was a perfect morning to go fourth …

We’ve been blessed with beautiful weather thus far this long weekend and you’ll hear no complaints from me about the sunny skies, lack of humidity and coolish temps. I was up and at ‘em early with a firecracker start as … Continue reading →

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