Author Archives: Linda Schaub

Hooray! It is finally apple time and I hear 2013 promises to be a bumper crop for Michigan apples. This morning it was cool and refreshing – perfect for a trip to the cider mill for warm donuts and just-pressed … Continue reading →

Still another glorious morning – how very fortunate we are. It is too bad these beautiful weather days weren’t here last weekend for the long holiday. I walked along Fort Street this morning and saw several groups of kids trudging … Continue reading →

What an absolutely gorgeous morning, just picture perfect for a walk. Like Julie Andrews’ song “I Could Have Danced All Night” … well, I could have just kept walking and walking. While enroute to the Park, I saw a beautiful … Continue reading →

There he sat, chin cupped in his hand, while looking dejectly at the ground. From a few houses away, he looked like a clothed version of Rodin’s “The Thinker”. He was sitting there the entire time I walked down the … Continue reading →

There was alot of extra traffic this morning as everyone was bustling about; the need for speed was evident until everyone settles into the daily routine now that school has resumed. There were alot of big ol’ yellow school busses … Continue reading →

I headed out early and though the humidity (ugh) was still around, the slight breeze made it feel cooler than the last few mornings. I was walking along, minding my own business, when all of a sudden the smell of … Continue reading →

While walking, I often pass by a corner lot with a sizeable veggie garden out back. During the course of the Summer, I have watched the tiny plants morph into huge vegetables. It has been interesting to gauge the progress … Continue reading →

Enroute to Council Point Park, I pass a house that has a retro-looking Dutch girl standing all alone in her klompen in a backyard flower garden. I can’t help but wonder what happened to her counter-part? I know it sounds … Continue reading →

We’re on the brink of the long-anticipated Labor Day holiday, a/k/a as Summer’s last hurrah, though it feels more like the 4th of July with these steamy temps and high humidity. The cars have been gassed up and are ready … Continue reading →

On my walk this morning I passed a corner yard and an older woman was in the midst of hanging her wicker basketful of laundry out on a clothesline. I could just imagine my mom watching her handiwork and cluck-clucking … Continue reading →