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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

Grandparents Day 2024.

If I close my eyes, I can recall Mom reciting this verse to me when I was a child. A grade school chum had scribbled it in Mom’s autograph book: The thunder roared The lightening crashed The whole world was … Continue reading

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My walking regimen sometimes: one step forward; two steps back! #Wordless Wednesday #Alpaca at the alpaca farm

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Muggy and buggy = ugh-y!

I promised myself I would visit five new venues in 2024. So how did that work out anyway? A recent post detailed a disappointing trip to three new places, among them the “Strong Unit” which is part of the Detroit … Continue reading

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Summer weary. #Wordless Wednesday #Some are weary. (778/1,257 miles walked so far)

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The long and winding road.

Today’s post will be a mash-up of three walkers with one purpose – all were striding and striving for one goal. First, I’ll introduce you to fellow blogger Zena Cooper, who lives across the pond from me … … in … Continue reading

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The Sandhill Cranes say “bug off” to lesser birds! #Wordless Wednesday #Gotta have eyes at the back of my head!

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When you turn back the hands of time ….

Today I am taking a different type of walk, a walk down Memory Lane to reflect on a trip to Spain taken in August 1974. It will be the third post in my “Fifty Years Ago” series. The concept of … Continue reading

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Cloudless Sulfur Butterflies and Purple Loosestrife #Wordless Wednesday #Hmm – BUTTER-colored butterflies

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Linda’s big adventure in a nutshell …

… (and no, it doesn’t involve squirrels). Mother Nature strung together five days of great weather, so I made plans for each day. It was unfortunate that Saturday, July 27th was the hottest of those stellar days, but I decided … Continue reading

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Sunning by seniority? #Wordless Wednesday

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