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

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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Super-Sized Phenomenons in 2014.

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Linda Schaub

These days, it’s not just fries and soda that are super-sized! Well, yesterday I wanted to write about Sunday’s Super Moon and my walk on Monday morning, however, my boss, who was wending his way back from the Upper Peninsula, … Continue reading →

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Woodn’t it be nice …?

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Music has the ability to take you back to another time and place … so also would this wooden tree house. The Beach Boys are back in town … they are at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights tonight. Back in … Continue reading →

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Flora and fauna and more fabulous weather …

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Linda Schaub

It dawned bright and beautiful again and I was happy to be blessed with another great walking day. I ate breakfast and was headed out the door by 7:30 a.m., donned in lightweight clothes, as well as blinders, as I … Continue reading →

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I’ve got a bee in my bonnet … er bun.

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Linda Schaub

I left as soon as the sun was up as I aimed to make a five-mile trek today. I had to divvy up my morning between a pleasurable walk followed by long-overdue yard work. When I left the house, the … Continue reading →

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Birdies and bicycles.

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Linda Schaub

I returned to Council Point Park this morning after an absence of over a week. I missed going there. Though the trip to the River is nice, I do enjoy my escape to the little nature nook stuck in the … Continue reading →

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