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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

THE Games … ya, those games.

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics has 42 types or “disciplines” of sports and there are a total of 329 medal events. This includes 157 men’s events, 152 women’s events and 20 mixed-gender events. Twenty-eight of the 32 sports are considered “fully … Continue reading

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Ospreys living their best lives at the fire station siren. #Wordless Wednesday P.S. – The fire department turns off the siren.

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Freighters and a flotilla.

If you’ve followed my blog for a while you know the state of Michigan has a few monikers, among them “The Mitten State” for its unique mitten shape, but primarily Michigan is known as “The Great Lakes State” because we … Continue reading

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Like two ships passing in the night, er … sky. #Wordless Wednesday #Osprey and Red-winged Blackbird

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Baby and the barbed wire!

The old adage is “a picture is worth a thousand words” so I suppose I could post a slew of photos I took and call it done, but I believe I owe you a backstory. Today’s post will focus on … Continue reading

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Crossing Male Wood Duck off my Birdie Bucket List! #Wordless Wednesday

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Happy trails to you, er … me!

I’ve blazed many new trails, (for me anyway), since I began my walking regimen in 2011. I started out slowly on Labor Day weekend 2011, walking one block in the ‘hood, then adding an extra block daily as time went … Continue reading

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Bad Boy of the Marsh.  #Wordless Wednesday  #Red-winged Blackbird and exploding cattails.

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A renewed focus on my furry and feathered friends …

… this time with my camera in hand. You may recall this recent post, wherein I visited Council Point Park a few days after the massive amphibious vehicle munched through all the vegetation along the Ecorse Creek shoreline, felling every … Continue reading

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Doggone it, the Dog Days of Summer are back (07-03 to 08/11)!  Grrr!  #Wordless Wednesday 

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