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

Ramblin’, gamblin’ woman.

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Linda Schaub

My posts are often related to the weather, because weather is often the decisive factor to determine whether or not a walk will be taken and how far to stray from home. Will it be hot? Cold? Sunny? Rainy? Sigh … Continue reading →

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All agog to break bread with Dad.

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Linda Schaub

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, so since we honored Mother’s Day, we must also fête our fathers as well on their special day. It appears this is what you do in the avian world as … Continue reading →

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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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