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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

“Spring is sprung. The grass is riz. I wonder where the birdies is?” ~ Anonymous

There is more March madness than just the events that take place on the hardwood. While both our Michigan teams are gone from this annual college basketball extravaganza, a little March madness has been afoot at my favorite nature nook, … Continue reading

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Bewildered and bedraggled Snowdrops. Angry Robin bemoaning frozen worms.  #Wordless Wednesday  #Weary from Winter #3 years of Wordless Wednesdays for me!

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

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Ahh – Spring arrives today!

Are you like this young girl, fantasizing about your fantastic gardens, perusing seed catalogs and itching to dig in the dirt? Once upon a time my backyard gardens were my pride and joy. While the front and side gardens boasted … Continue reading

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Why a Duck? Why not a Seagull? #Wordless Wednesday #Marx (Bros.) Madness!

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

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Humbug Marsh was hummin’, not humdrum on this trek.

Nature lovers here in Southeast Michigan rejoiced at the long-awaited grand opening of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (DRIWR) Humbug Marsh Unit in October 2020. The Visitor and Nature Center did not open simultaneously due to the pandemic, but … Continue reading

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“Hey Linda: are ya gonna tell on me?” #Wordless Wednesday #Munch a bunch!

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

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Some Summer beauty in this wacky and wicked Winter.

It is the first long post of the new month, so I’m sharing my March calendar page; the venue is Sweden. This calendar page, with its profound statement by naturalist John Muir, would have been perfect for a woodsy trek, … Continue reading

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Plaids and Stripes #Wordless Wednesday

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

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When ice isn’t nice ….

Mother Nature doesn’t always play nice and we Michiganders knew we would be paying the piper for all those wonderfully warmish days thus far in Winter 2022-2023. We got a Winter wallop with that snowstorm on January 25th, but the … Continue reading

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Maybe my shortest post ever?

Michigan had its worst ice storm in 50 years … I lost my internet sometime in the early morning hours of Thursday. It came back last night after I went to bed … I am going to try and catch … Continue reading

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