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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

Some Friday frog frivolity.

When I stepped out the door this morning to leave on my walk, it was downright chilly. I glanced over at my neighbor Marge’s big thermometer and it was a double nickel degrees … 55 on the 3rd of July! … Continue reading →

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A green thumb(s up.)

I had counted on a walk today, and, just as I silenced the alarm next to my bed, the still of the morn was interrupted by a long rumble of thunder.  I sighed, and would have rolled my eyes had … Continue reading →

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Tuesday musings – Time flies.

Time is on my mind this morning as we prepare to turn the calendar page to the second half of 2015.  There is also much chatter about today’s “Leap Second” and the question of how to spend that extra second … Continue reading →

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Feelin’ saturated on this Saturday.

This photo I selected from the site “Unsplash” perfectly depicts the dismal and dreary day we have and it is a great vintage shot of an old Olds.  The classic car enthusiasts, who were looking forward to today’s Cruisin’ Downriver … Continue reading →

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From coupes to convertibles … it’s cruisin’ time again.

I just switched off the news halfway through the weather report, because once again Mother Nature threatens to wreak havoc with our weekend – that is … if the bad weather happens as the  prognosticators say it will.  This week … Continue reading →

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Barking up the wrong tree.

Today’s weather was just glorious.  While Tuesday morning felt like a calendar page from the “Dog Days of Summer”, today was more like a late Spring day. I left earlier than usual to take advantage of the cool morning and … Continue reading →

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That flippin’ flag and gee … it smells like Christmas time.

This morning, it was so humid you could cut it with a knife.  Ugh.  I put on a tank top and a gauzy shirt to protect against the skeeters then headed out.  I needed to clear my head after the … Continue reading →

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Tools of the trade.

I had no plans for any Father’s Day celebration, though I did think of my father, albeit briefly, while I gathered my tools for tackling the weeds.  Too bad that today’s task was more than just twisting and turning the … Continue reading →

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Child’s play.

Well thankfully, the early morning was rain-free, and I had just completed my five-mile round trip when it started to drizzle. This morning’s journey took me down to the River.  While that particular trek is not so much of a … Continue reading →

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Bunny love.

It was just a picture-perfect morning. The sun was out, the sky was blue, the heat and humidity took a hike … so I did too. I closed the door and zipped right past those weeds that were ripe for … Continue reading →

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