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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

Penny.

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Linda Schaub

A penny for your thoughts, a quick decision-making toss of a penny or perhaps a penny wished upon for good luck? All those options pertained to me today. Soon into my 2 ¾ mile trek this morning I saw a … Continue reading →

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Evicted!

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Linda Schaub

This is an open letter to the Robin family who became the avian equivalent of DPs, or displaced persons, this morning. Please understand that I really like birds, and believe me when I say I am neither happy, nor proud, … Continue reading →

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Cosmos

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Linda Schaub

The sun was up early and so was I.  After my alarm clock rang and so rudely interrupted my sound sleep, I put on my radio headphones  just in time to hear the Weather Channel reporting it was already 73 degrees … Continue reading →

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Summer.

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Linda Schaub

Today is the longest day of the year and the shortest post I’ve made. I am often long-winded so today’s commentary will be short and sweet, potentially bordering on sarcastic or snarky and perhaps smacking of a bit o’ wit. … Continue reading →

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Postcard.

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Linda Schaub

It is said “a picture is worth a thousand words” so let me try to capture some images and create a photograph of what I saw on this morning’s travels … a postcard, if you will. First off, I walked … Continue reading →

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Trepidation.

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Linda Schaub

I crept out of bed slowly today. Unlike when I get up at the crack of dawn to go walking, or I head out with a full agenda of items to tick off, I knew I had to go out … Continue reading →

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Impromptu.

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Linda Schaub

God created a picture-perfect day for us today. A day as pretty as this one helps make up for the many bad weather days back in April and May – all that snow, sleet, rain and cold thwarted my attempts … Continue reading →

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Woodpeckers.

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Linda Schaub

I left early this morning to get a walk in before the sun was high in the sky and caused me to swelter. The kids are now out of school for the Summer so less people and traffic around made … Continue reading →

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Snippets.

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Linda Schaub

Well the weather forecasters predicted a gully washer last night and again this morning. I got up early anyway and did my housework that had languished since last weekend. Unfortunately, the weatherman only got the forecast half-right and when I … Continue reading →

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Twittersphere.

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Linda Schaub

The word “Twittersphere” has finally migrated from “The Urban Dictionary” to “The Oxford English Dictionary” and I had to laugh when I heard that story on the news yesterday. Social media has taken the world by storm and now, even … Continue reading →

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