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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

DQ.

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Linda Schaub

DQ, a/k/a Dairy Queen, has a marquis touting their new Orange Julius flavors.  I’m thinking that a Blizzard might be the better beverage for DQ to crow about given the temps this morning.  Another brisk and blustery two-mile walk, as … Continue reading →

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Hopscotchin’.

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Linda Schaub

Yup, I have to say I couldn’t resist doing a hop, step and jump on a sidewalk during my walk today.  It seems alot of Easter chalk found its way into Easter baskets because I’ve seen rainbow-colored scribbles and scrawls … Continue reading →

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Stridin’.

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Linda Schaub

Today is National Walking Day, a relatively new commemoration of this great activity. Before I laced up my walking shoes I heard the radio announcer proclaiming that a mere one hour of brisk walking will increase your life by two … Continue reading →

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Multi-tasking.

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Linda Schaub

Best way to run the car, pick up some groceries, and energize the body on a 25-degree morning with a wind chill of 18 degrees?  Go to Meijer.  I did eight laps around the store, and two around the parking … Continue reading →

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Foolish.

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Linda Schaub

April Fool’s Day 2013, and no, unfortunately this thirty degrees with a “real feel” of 20 degrees weather this a.m., was not a cruel joke.  The collective weathermen were threatening snow flurries last night which I don’t think happened, but … Continue reading →

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Easter.

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Linda Schaub

I kind of eased into my Easter Sunday morning.  The weather forecasters had predicted a very early rain which would sog up sunrise services and cast a drizzly pall on the morn so I didn’t set my alarm.  However, I … Continue reading →

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Reflections.

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Linda Schaub

Easter Saturday is a day that lives forever in my mind, no matter what the calendar date might be.  Easter Saturday was the day my life changed forever, as did that of my mom.  Our day began like many Saturdays … Continue reading →

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Twitter.

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Linda Schaub

No, not THAT Twitter®, but instead the twitter of songbirds who have seemingly come out of hiding to serenade me as I strolled along during a two-mile walk on this peaceful Good Friday morning.  Due to the holiday, there were … Continue reading →

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Groaning.

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Linda Schaub

Made today an off-day for my two-mile walk opting instead to take the buggy for a brief spin to Meijer. Last year I was walking the three-mile round trip to Meijer no problem, but today the car needs the jaunt … Continue reading →

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Regimented.

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Linda Schaub

Still getting into the swing of things and up and at it early enough to get out for my walk as soon as the sensor light in the front yard goes off.  The long and drawn-out Winter weather made me … Continue reading →

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