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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

Crossing Male Wood Duck off my Birdie Bucket List! #Wordless Wednesday

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Happy trails to you, er … me!

I’ve blazed many new trails, (for me anyway), since I began my walking regimen in 2011. I started out slowly on Labor Day weekend 2011, walking one block in the ‘hood, then adding an extra block daily as time went … Continue reading

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Bad Boy of the Marsh.  #Wordless Wednesday  #Red-winged Blackbird and exploding cattails.

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A renewed focus on my furry and feathered friends …

… this time with my camera in hand. You may recall this recent post, wherein I visited Council Point Park a few days after the massive amphibious vehicle munched through all the vegetation along the Ecorse Creek shoreline, felling every … Continue reading

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Doggone it, the Dog Days of Summer are back (07-03 to 08/11)!  Grrr!  #Wordless Wednesday 

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Rambling along the River’s Edge … and beyond.

Change is abundant wherever I wander these days and, while I will concede it ain’t always pretty, the events have provided me fodder for multiple blog posts. Michiganders joke that orange construction barrels should be declared our state flower and … Continue reading

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Dare to be different!  #Wordless Wednesday #Sunday Stills: Plant Life

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Blame it on the Bossa Nova … and Terri.

You’re scratching your head over the title – I’ll explain that later, so bear with me, okay? This week’s Photo Challenge is “Plant Life in the Great Outdoors” and in Michigan, by mid-June it is easy to find some pretty … Continue reading

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No duck pond – no problem!  #Wordless Wednesday  #Feelin’ ducky in MY personal pond!

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Dad’s Day 2024.

It’s a day to fete our fathers. I think most of you know why there are scant references to my father in this forum, so suffice it to say that to me, Father’s Day is a grim reminder of days … Continue reading

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