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

Lollipop fields and Santa’s whiskers.

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Linda Schaub

I was thinking, while walking on this beautiful, sunny, albeit breezy and a tad brisk morning, that Spring might have finally settled in. While I meandered along on the first getaway weekend of the year, I was headed to my … Continue reading →

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Another walk bites the dust … er, mud.

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Linda Schaub

I can’t win for losin’. I spent two days running errands, grocery shopping and going to eye doctor and allergist appointments … I had planned to walk to those two appointments yesterday, but the weather was looking a little funky … Continue reading →

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They call me mellow yellow.

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Linda Schaub

A week between visits to Council Point Park was simply too long for me. The weather took its toll on my walking regimen so I had to be content with a few short hops and staying put the rest of … Continue reading →

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Spring: Where art thou?

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Another coolish May morn … no, wait – make that a downright cold Michigan May morn. It was 37 degrees when I left the house in the seven o’clock hour. But we were lucky – we didn’t have a freeze … Continue reading →

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Those magnificent magnolias …

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Linda Schaub

Well, maybe now – not so much, though we got to enjoy them for about a day anyway. As often happens with magnolia bushes and trees, the buds took forever to develop, opened over those couple of hot, hot days … Continue reading →

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You snooze – you lose.

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Linda Schaub

A downy woodpecker was my alarm clock this morning. I fell back to my old ways and believed the weatherman that heavy rain and storms would last through the night and wee hours of the morning. I figured it might … Continue reading →

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“You will always be my baby – no matter how old you are.”

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Linda Schaub

I arrived at Council Point Park fairly early this morning and the path was rather desolate and I saw not a single being: feathered, furry or otherwise, as I walked three loops on the “scenic side. I was not distracted … Continue reading →

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Saturday snippets and warm fuzzies …

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Linda Schaub

It seems to me that somehow Mother’s Day, the one day guaranteed to make Mom feel all warm and fuzzy, has now morphed into Mother’s Day weekend, and, in radio ads I even heard it referred to as Mother’s Week. … Continue reading →

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Happy to be hatless … but feeling a mite hapless.

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Linda Schaub

When I left the house this morning, I was without hat, gloves or coat at last … well, how crazy is this Michigan weather when I shivered two days ago in my heavy Winter duds? Yesterday we set a record … Continue reading →

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It’s not easy being green …

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Linda Schaub

When I walked on Tuesday morning, I passed Ford Park and the tree above was the only one in this park that was resplendent in tender, bright-green leaves. This willow looked a little odd since all the rest of the … Continue reading →

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