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

Freaky Friday and perplexed by the Park bench.

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Linda Schaub

It’s Friday the 13th plus there’s a full moon tonight. Not only that, it is technically a “Super Full Moon”, a celestial rarity which won’t happen again for 35 years, so best get thee to the window or outside after … Continue reading →

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Wait just a cotton-picking minute …

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Linda Schaub

It was a little on the steamy side when I departed for my walk this morning – yep, just hot and humid like a Summer day. I was wearing a cap-sleeved cotton shirt and still felt clammy. There were no … Continue reading →

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“Trail mix”.

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Every day is a new experience when I go for a walk and I hope my near-daily vignettes of life from sidewalk level make you feel like you are travellin’ the trail right alongside me. There are always people, places … Continue reading →

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The goslings are now teenagers!

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Linda Schaub

I was glad to be back at the Park this morning after yesterday’s rain ruined my morning walk. I left the house in shirtsleeves, since, during the last three outings, I shucked my sweater on the first loop. Well, that … Continue reading →

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A goal and a foal …

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Well, I’m not a member of the horsey set, but, if you follow this blog, you know I am an animal lover and a bleeding heart when it comes to critters. In fact, probably not even my closest friends know … Continue reading →

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Remembering all these years later …

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Linda Schaub

It was another coolish morning with temps in the mid-50s when I left the house. I just love this weather! Once again, it felt and sounded like Fall. Dry maple seeds or “helicopters”, which have swirled and drifted beneath maple … Continue reading →

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Birds -n- bunnies and morning bliss.

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Linda Schaub

I scurried out the door to a morning blessed with sunshine and a cloudless sky. At 55 degrees, it was feeling rather Fall-ish and I sure wasn’t warm in my sweatshirt cardigan. Yesterday’s all-day rain had soaked into the mulch … Continue reading →

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The green green grass of home.

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Linda Schaub

As I wend my way through the neighborhoods on my daily journey down to Council Point Park, I pass an empty house on Pagel Street. The house itself is in fairly good shape, but if ever a home looks unloved, … Continue reading →

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Flip-flops and fish-flops.

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Whew! It seems we have zipped past Spring and gone right to Summer. It was sultry and steamy when I left for my walk this morning and even the breeze didn’t cool me off. My feet were hot in my … Continue reading →

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Mauve twinkles shone through the sprinkles.

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Raindrops put a kibosh on my morning agenda so I stayed close to the neighborhood, not straying all the way down to Council Point Park. When I left the house, it was lightly sprinkling but I went anyway. Even though … Continue reading →

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