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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

Two Turtledoves #Wordless Wednesday #One needs an attitude adjustment, just sayin’.

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Have a Holly DOLLY Christmas!

Pictured above is Maryanne Schaub, who has resided at this address, sitting on the blue cushion in the left-hand corner of the deacon’s bench, for almost four decades. As I pondered about Maryanne’s exact arrival date, (since my memory about … Continue reading

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Sam’s dance moves will wow the gulls at the holiday parties. #Wordless Wednesday #Hokey Pokey anyone? #Or I could moon them?

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So, who needs an ol’ Partridge in a Pear Tree anyway …

… especially when you can see, not just one, but a mess of Great Egrets perched in one tree? Well, this event occurred on September 15th, a mid-week trek at Lake Erie Metropark, on a hazy late Summer day. Smoke … Continue reading

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All I Want For Christmas Is You! #Wordless Wednesday

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“… Friends who are deer, er …

… dear to us …will be near to us once more. Well, maybe … here’s why. I thought long and hard about what to call this post. Even though the reference to the well-known Christmas song “Have Yourself a Merry … Continue reading

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Flocking to the mall. #Wordless Wednesday

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“(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays.”

I hope the fond memories of time spent with friends and loved ones this past weekend will warm your heart during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. If you’re lucky, you’ll avoid crunch time as Christmas approaches if … Continue reading

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The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker ….

I’m sure lots of prep went into your Thanksgiving feast, even before today and, whether it was bopping from store to store, or simply from aisle to aisle … food, glorious food, was and is top of mind today. And, … Continue reading

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Something’s gone afowl, er … afoul at the Gardens. #Wordless Wednesday #Chickens fly the coop!

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