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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

Am I a tree hugger? You betcha!

This is the fourth year I have participated in the “Run for the Trees Happy Little 5K” virtual event sponsored by the Bob Ross Inc. Foundation and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. All race proceeds support tree planting and … Continue reading

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Woolgathering at the water’s edge. #Wordless Wednesday #Reflections and long shadows

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

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Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.

I know I’ve used a variation of today’s blog post title in the past, but I’m choosing it again since the word “diamond(s)” will do triple duty for this week’s picture-laden post. First, my birthstone is diamond – I was … Continue reading

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Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo ….  #Wordless Wednesday   

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

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“It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood” …

… said Linda Schaub while channeling Fred Rogers. I was already a preteen, not a preschooler, when the TV show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” hit the airwaves. I am sure it had all the sweetness and charm of MY favorite preschool … Continue reading

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Fellow Canuck kindred spirit. #Wordless Wednesday #National Walking Day!

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

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Hopping down the bunny trail …

I do my best pondering of life’s mysteries while walking along a nature trail, my thoughts interrupted only by birdsong and squirrels clamoring for peanuts at my feet. Yes, I feel like Snow White sometimes. So, on the cusp of … Continue reading

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Pic(s) o’ the Chick(s)  #Wordless Wednesday  #Hens havin’ a peckin’ good time

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

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Hangin’ out at Humbug Marsh.

It was a gorgeous August day – not your typical August 13th muggy and buggy morning. I’d already walked almost five miles at Lake Erie Metropark, so this was intended to be a short walk to look for the ever-elusive … Continue reading

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Here comes the sun!  #Wordless Wednesday #1st full day of Spring, so rise and shine!

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

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