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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

Ribbits and Rabbits!

It was serendipity that I discovered Council Point Park in April 2013 and it remained my happy place until May 8, 2024 when one shoreline of my favorite nature nook was decimated shortly after I left for home.  The purpose … Continue reading

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Early Spring Wildflowers #Wordless Wednesday #Along a woodsy trail: #1-Trout Lilies, #2-Wild Violets, #3-Lungworts, #4-Forget-me-Nots

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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Bear with me …

… as I rewind to still another 5K event, the last to report on from 2025.  I am a wee bit late telling you about this 5K walk, but not because I was hibernating. 🙂   The 28th Annual Smokey … Continue reading

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Be quick with a quip and caption this pic! #Wordless Wednesday #Celebrating six years of continuous WW posts!

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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Mixin’ and minglin’ on the cusp of Fall …

After lingering with the seagulls at Bishop Park, it was time to move on to the next leg of my journey, so I continued, on foot, along Biddle Avenue, enroute to BASF Waterfront Park, one mile away. Along this main … Continue reading

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Linda, my tootsies are cold – do they make boots for ducks? #Wordless Wednesday #Mallard Duck

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A gull, er … girl can dream, right?

Well, I’m dreaming of an early Spring … is it out of reach?  We were cheated out of a long, lovely Fall after wintry weather began back on November 9th.  The groundhog’s prognostication of six more weeks of Winter made … Continue reading

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Got an itch? Then scratch it! Just don’t put out your eye! #Wordless Wednesday #Canada Goose

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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Friday the 13th – Pfft!  It was a lucky day for me!

Finally the wintry weather took a hike and so did I.  After weeks of snowy and icy roads, brutally cold temps, having muddled through Winter with a disgruntled mindset directed toward Mother Nature, I seized the day when conditions finally … Continue reading

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Wild and windswept ‘do. #Wordless Wednesday #Milkweed Seeds #Gone With the Wind.

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