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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

Rocky start to the morning.  #Wordless Wednesday #Ouch!

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In awe of Autumn leaves.

It’s the first Monday of a new month and November’s featured calendar page is Tuscany, Italy. The photo looks a bit nondescript in my opinion and I’ll freely admit that a long-distance hike for me is six, maybe seven miles, … Continue reading

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Double Dippin’ #Wordless Wednesday #Winter’s a’comin’ – must eat/bury peanuts!

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Spooky stuff (kinda sorta) for your Halloween.

Things are not always as they seem to be in THE WITCHING SEASON. In fact I am going to share a few instances from my recent Fall meanderings illustrating that fact. But first, I have to tell you that over … Continue reading

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“Walktober” – what a concept!

When I learned about “Walktober” last year after fellow blogger Barbara had a picture-laden post of Fall foliage from a walk with husband Tim, I wondered how I had never heard this phrase before. So, I made up my mind … Continue reading

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I love to gaze out to sea (‘til I get seasick from the waves).  #Wordless Wednesday 

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The GRRreat Groundhog Debacle.

It is good to have a sense of humor as we go through life, though I admit as I get older, (or perhaps it is just the state of the world these days), I do find at least one instance … Continue reading

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When you’re an early bird and the fam likes to sleep in.  #Wordless Wednesday 

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 (R)egrets, I’ve had a few …

But then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do … … and that was winnow down the 50+ shots I took of Great Egrets after a late Summer outing at Lake Erie Metropark. For every … Continue reading

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Trilling me softly with his song. #Wordless Wednesday #Red-winged Blackbird

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