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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

Remembering the “SS Edmund Fitzgerald” that sank 50 years ago on 11/10/75. #Wordless Wednesday

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Hearts Aplenty.

On Tuesday, November 11th, we pause to remember our brave veterans.  Veterans Day is a day to honor all our military personnel who have served, whereas on Memorial Day we only honor our war dead.  In today’s post I want … Continue reading

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Chilling after kickin’ up my heels, er … hooves. #Wordless Wednesday

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The weather and feathers.

As Fall finally settles in and Winter looms large, how I long for Spring. I will eagerly anticipate that morning walk in late March when I hear the first calls of the Red-winged Blackbirds as they return from their warm … Continue reading

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Time to don your black and orange! #Wordless Wednesday #Just two sleeps ’til Halloween!

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A “Walktober” stroll that was …

… both merry AND scary. October stretched before me, my favorite month and favorite season.  What’s not to like about October?  You have the wee nip in the air, the tastes, the smells, abundant colorful leaves, even the sound of … Continue reading

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The Dog Days of Summer are finally gone. #Wordless Wednesday #It was ruff, doggone it!

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Mother Nature’s gift:  the ditch bouquet.

As mentioned in previous posts, on July 21st I returned to Lake Erie Metropark after a six-week absence due to the heat, humidity, stormy weather and wildfire smoke.  On July 21st I visited this venue, not once, but twice.  The … Continue reading

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This Mallard’s head tilt translates to: “Humans be weird sometimes!” #Wordless Wednesday

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Beauty and grace still exist in our sometimes-upside-down world.

Ever since I was a little nipper, I have been fascinated by swans.  Was I captivated by their majestic beauty in the images found in my fairy tale books?  Or was it because when we still lived in Toronto, my … Continue reading

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