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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

It was a ducky day!

On Saturday, August 19th I returned to the Environmental Interpretive Center at University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus. I wondered what wildlife and/or wildflowers I might see in the Summertime. That will be an upcoming post. At the end of my … Continue reading

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Summer-like temps here today for “Augtober” (83F/28C)! #Wordless Wednesday #Pearl Crescent Butterfly

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

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All that is gold does not glitter …

… not all who wander are lost, or so says October’s calendar page. There have been many variations of this witty gem (if you’ll pardon MY pun here), dating as far back as the 12th to 13th century, but the … Continue reading

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Ooh, that Fall feeling! #Wordless Wednesday #Even foxes love Fall.

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T.G.I.F.!!!!

Wait a minute … it’s Monday?! Oh, I get it … “THANK GOODNESS IT’S FALL!!!!” Well that has me smiling bigtime! And, Fall could not come soon enough as this Summer’s erratic weather has left me totally undone. Many of … Continue reading

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I’m gonna soak up the sun! #Wordless Wednesday #Last week of Summer!

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

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Keeping your eyes on the prize.

I am all over the map reporting my walks of late. The truth is, I’m trying to mix up my meanders a bit so it doesn’t seem like it’s the same woodsy walk for every Monday post. So, I’ve been … Continue reading

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Hey lady! I told you one picture, although who can resist a cute seagull? #Wordless Wednesday

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

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Grandparents Day 2023.

It’s National Grandparents Day 2023, a Hallmark-type holiday to collectively celebrate and honor our grandparents. I never met my paternal grandparents as they both passed away when my father was in his teens, but I’ve written at least a half-dozen … Continue reading

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And what’s bugging you today? #Wordless Wednesday #Will feathers fly? #Sandhill Crane vs Red-winged Blackbird

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

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