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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

Looking ahead as 2024 creeps closer. #Wordless Wednesday #Sandhill Cranes

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Nutcracker Sweet.

Oh boy, I know what you’re thinking … “Linda made a spelling boo-boo because she was sipping spiked eggnog before sitting down to write this post.” Nope, I purposely spelled the title of this post incorrectly. Do you care to … Continue reading

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When you love Christmas caroling … but then there’s a song you don’t know. #Wordless Wednesday #Humming works!

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Pinned!

Every December I like to include a special Christmas memory in my posts. So today I’ll tuck away the photos and narratives of excursions taken this Summer and Fall and instead dust off another Christmas memory. As many of you … Continue reading

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Who needs sugarplums when you’ve got a strawberry? #Wordless Wednesday #BTW, this treat wasn’t from me.

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Up on the housetop, reindeer pause …

… out jumps good old Santa Claus. Got your attention there didn’t I? Believe me, there is no sensationalism here in this blog, but maybe a wee bit of whimsy, hence my blog title. 🙂 While I do confess to … Continue reading

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A penny for your thoughts. #Wordless Wednesday #No way lady – $5.00 or I fly! #Paparazzi – sheesh!

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Fall waited in the wings …

… as I enjoyed one of the last lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer. Fall would officially arrive on Saturday, September 23rd. As I flipped the page to December, the last month for “The Great Outdoors” nature calendar, with a … Continue reading

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Four and twenty Blackbirds …. (nope, more like 100!)  #Wordless Wednesday  #My eyes were running together counting them.

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

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Harvest days are a done deal.

The holly days, er … the holiday season has arrived. Now, I’ll admit I’m a wee bit late reporting on a walk taken at the Gourdgeous Gourds Party since those gourds had their swan song a while ago. There were … Continue reading

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