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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

May Marsh Meander.

I hope you, like me, enjoy the quote from the July nature calendar – the locale is the Dolomites Mountains in northeastern Italy. Although I cannot state that I have witnessed a thousand miracles in nature, I will say that … Continue reading

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Squirrels square off; the Peanut Gallery is mesmerized!! #Wordless Wednesday

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

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With a Spring in my step and camera in tow …

… I embraced the warmish morning that finally felt like Spring. While driving to Elizabeth Park, in between sound bites of the ongoing UK Coronation festivities and sports reports about the projected winner of the Kentucky Derby later that day, … Continue reading

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Summer delight: Cabbage Whites. #Wordless Wednesday #1st Day of Summer.

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

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Father’s Day 2023:  “We are Family!”

There were goslings galore this Spring of 2023. I admit I was shutter happy and you’ll see some today, next week as I continue my roam along the River and finally, there will be a post from when I mixed, … Continue reading

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Wingin’ it in a wildfire haze. #Wordless Wednesday

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

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Patience is a virtue: The Cardinal Diaries.

In the final paragraph of my May 22nd post “Learning on my Terms” I teased about discovering a Cardinal’s nest in my barberry bush. For several years I have had a pair of Cardinals bopping around the backyard. Here are … Continue reading

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Gone Fishin’.  #Wordless Wednesday  #Outsmarting the fish.

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

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Some days are diamond … some days are stone.

It’s the first Monday of a new month, so today’s calendar page is the header image. I agree with John Burroughs – I do the same thing every time I set out on a walk in a park setting. The … Continue reading

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When peanuts are the ONLY motivator. #Wordless Wednesday #Your wagon is draggin’ and it’s a short week!

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