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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

Bye-bye … gotta fly.

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Another brrrrrrrrisk walk this morning. It was 41 degrees when I left the house, so I added warmer gloves. I felt like one of the ladies at the Red Hat Society as I was sporting a red knitted headband and … Continue reading →

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Mother Nature mooned us again, and …

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Linda Schaub

… she isn’t in the least red-faced about it! So, did you peer out the window, clad in your pjs, early this morning to catch a glimpse of that Blood Moon and the moon eclipse, or did you hit the … Continue reading →

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Acorns and Indian corn.

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Linda Schaub

What’s that? Did I really see a wisp of breath in the cold morning air? Well, I guess so, since it was only 43 degrees when I left the house this morning. It seems that Fall’s chilly temps arrived much … Continue reading →

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Leaf peepin’ at the Park.

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Linda Schaub

I was positive, that after the gusty winds from the past three days, all the leaves would have wriggled free from the branches and would be scattered on the grounds and trail at Council Point Park. Well, happily that wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Octobrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Linda Schaub

It was blustery and the winds were gusting mightily when I left the house this morning on my walk. I left later as I wanted to pop in at the Lincoln Park Farmer’s Market to take some pumpkin photos, but … Continue reading →

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“Just you wait – you’ll see!”

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Linda Schaub

It is nearly five years since my mom has been gone, yet her various “momisms” still ring true, and, I am often reminded of them. I define her “momisms” as those voice-of-experience pearls of wisdom, dispensed in small doses, as … Continue reading →

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The gales of November came early …

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Linda Schaub

That wind was whipping around at 22 miles per hour when I departed for my walk today. Not many leaves had fallen around my house as of yesterday, but they sure were scattered here, there and everywhere by the time … Continue reading →

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Pea soup again and fans keepin’ the faith.

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Linda Schaub

The fog came on little cat feet once again this early morning. I always loved that poem by Carl Sandburg. Here in Lincoln Park, there wasn’t as much pea soup as the other ‘burbs – it was just mighty misty. … Continue reading →

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Is it really October?

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Well, today we turned the calendar page over to October. The chill in the air this morning certainly felt like October, and it sure seems like the last couple of days, more and more leaves are littering the sidewalk. I … Continue reading →

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Another fabulous day for a foray to my favorite place.

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Linda Schaub

The string of beautiful Summer-like days continues. At the tail end of my trip yesterday I found myself at mile #400, so I started off mile #401 by trekking to my favorite little nature nook. My boss decided to linger … Continue reading →

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