Author Archives: Linda Schaub

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

You must be out of your gourd!

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Linda Schaub

The frost is not yet on the pumpkin, and, on the heels of the recent heat wave, the stores are already clearing a path to herald in the Halloween supplies. As I passed through the hallowed aisles at Meijer today, … Continue reading →

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The heart and nose unite to stir up memories.

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Um … I think I’m ready for Fall. How rude of Summer to finally show up, bringing with it this wicked humidity and daily rain and thunderstorms. I must concede that I am a weather malcontent. Despite my stance during … Continue reading →

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Sunday: Strolling, “strollering” and soul searching …

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Linda Schaub

It was another nothin’ special weather morning … a bleak-looking sky and the high humidity wasn’t too inviting either when I rolled out the door to start my walk. Where should I go this morning? Not to Council Point Park … Continue reading →

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Where the buoys are … (er, they were missing this morning).

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Today was one of those lazy-hazy-crazy days of Summer they sing about. When I left the house this morning, it was still a little foggy … and that’s no description of yours truly. I decided to walk down Emmons Boulevard … Continue reading →

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Life in the fast-food lane …

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Summer might have finally arrived! I meandered out in the murky and muggy morning to run a few errands on foot. I was almost sorry that I ventured out, but for that ultimate 500-mile year-end walking goal, I went. I … Continue reading →

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Rainy days and Mondays, and Tuesdays and …

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Thinking of that song “Rainy Days and Mondays” by the Carpenters from back in the early 70s and how they sang about how “rainy days and Mondays always get me down” … well, I guess truer words were never spoken. … Continue reading →

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Just a wee bit of elfin magic?

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Linda Schaub

At the risk of sounding like I’m losin’ it … every time I pass this big ol’ gnarled-up tree on Emmons Boulevard, I’m confident that this is the Michigan version of “The Hollow Tree” where the Keebler elves bake their … Continue reading →

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Monikers in the Park.

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Linda Schaub

It was another Saturday morning to savor and put in the memory books for when the weather turns ugly down the road. I left early, and it was still a little chilly, but nothing like yesterday, so I made the … Continue reading →

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Wool gloves and a Woolly Bear wannabee.

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Linda Schaub

I hustled out of the house this morning when it was 51 degrees – not bad for the 15th of September, but not ordinary for the 15th of August. I wore my sweat suit, and slipped on a pair of … Continue reading →

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Hop, step and a jump … and loop de loop?

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Linda Schaub

When I left for my walk this morning the welcome sight of the sunlight filtering down on my head felt good, despite the brisk breeze. The only item marring that brilliant blue sky was the vestiges of our recent Super … Continue reading →

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