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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

Getting persnickety about pinch points …

Sometimes the calendar date does not matter in the least – even though it says tomorrow is the last day of April, it does not feel like it is the last day of April.  I have, throughout this fourth month … Continue reading →

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Fluff and Stuff.

I decided I had moved the dust around enough for Spring cleaning to be deemed done for 2015, so therefore I hightailed it out the door for a walk at Council Point Park. Since my last visit, a week ago … Continue reading →

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It’s terrible being such a scaredy cat.

Work, the wind … and weather in general, wreaked havoc with my walking schedule this week. And, I needed to get some groceries, and give the car a run, so I planned to set off just as soon as it … Continue reading →

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It’s Earth Day 2015.

Happy Earth Day Earthlings! I would like to have written that my morning stroll took in Mother Earth’s finest offerings, but instead I am writing this post between sneezes and eyes and nose running from Spring allergies.  The gusty winds … Continue reading →

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It looks like Spring has taken a hike again.

Well, I took a hike too … down to Council Point Park. It was a chilly one at best. Although the last two warm and sunny days were perfect in every way, today was blustery and cold, so I was … Continue reading →

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I must admit I had zoom envy.

And, it was not that I coveted a fancy-schmancy sports car like a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. Nope, not at all. What I did want though was a new digital camera with 12X zoom. There … I said it out … Continue reading →

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A cast-off–your-coat-and-cast-your-cares-away-kind of day.

Today was like a breath of fresh air in this Spring which has dragged its feet … that is, until today. It was a perfect Spring day – the kind that poets crow about and painters pick to feature on … Continue reading →

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Turning 59 … the tooth, er … truth hurts!

Today I turned 59 years old – well, boo hoo to that. I celebrated by having my semi-annual visit to the hygienist and dentist – how’s that for fun stuff to do on your birthday? When I scheduled the appointment … Continue reading →

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Fifty Shades of Green!

Wow – there were at least fifty shades of green as I surveyed the lawns while walking around the neighborhood this morning.  This followed four days of heavy rain and two warmish weekend days. I think old Mother Nature has … Continue reading →

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We were just having a gander at one another …

What a gorgeous day – warm, and the sun was out as well.  It doesn’t get any better than this.  I decided to walk down Emmons Boulevard to the Detroit River for the first time this year.  This journey caused … Continue reading →

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