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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

Weather whiplash and wingin’ it.

Whew, we’re finally in February and mercifully The Groundhog* did not see its shadow meaning Spring is just around the corner, or so we hope.  I wrote 99.9% of this post last Friday, while the rain was pouring down and … Continue reading

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Eastern Black Swallowtail and Coneflowers. #Wordless Wednesday #I’m thinking warm thoughts – how ’bout you?

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My Park Pals (a/k/a “The Peanut-eating Paesanos”).

I refer to myself as a lucky photographer because I often show up in the right place at the right time.  However, the photos herein were NOT happenstance on that day.  Nope, I created the scene by lavishing mixed nuts, … Continue reading

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Hey, were you in a pillow fight? #Wordless Wednesday #Um, just stating the obvious! #Molting – ugh

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The weather outside was frightful …

… when I visited Emily Frank Gardens in the Trenton Cultural Center on August 4th.  (Yep, I know you saw this blog post title and, but for the beautiful Hibiscus flower, you figured I’d be whining about the upcoming Siberian … Continue reading

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Just chillin’ … #Wordless Wednesday #Red-eared Slider and its Pond Slider pals #”Happy Together”

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Hoofin’ it for hunger.

The snow finally arrived two nights ago, suddenly transforming our nondescript landscape into a pristine white blanket.  It was the first measurable snowfall of the season, albeit a mere four inches, but more than we have seen thus far this … Continue reading

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Camouflage Perfection! #Wordless Wednesday #Where’s Waldo, Seagull style

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Step with care and great tact.

… and remember that life’s a great balancing act. ~Dr. Seuss I fed the birds on New Year’s Day.  I’ve written before about the Scandinavian custom of feeding the birds on the first day of the new year because it … Continue reading

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Hmm – Food for Thought: Lotsa Dips + Chips = Big Hips! #Wordless Wednesday #New Year’s resolutions #Fat-bottomed squirrels

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