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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

East side, west side, all around the town …

It is time for the final tally of miles walked this past year. Yes, I made it … whew! I actually finished up a few weeks ago thanks to stellar weather in October and early November. Good thing I wasn’t … Continue reading

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Got a crick in my neck – ouch! #Wordless Wednesday #Too many kisses under the mistletoe!

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

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Season’s Treatings!

One could liken the non-stop parade of tantalizing goodies to a snowball rolling downhill, accumulating a little more snow as it picks up speed. Hopefully you did not pick up a few more inches around your waistline from holiday treats! … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas to …

… each and every one of you.  Please enjoy the greeting card at the end of this post. Please click here for my Christmas card for you.

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

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

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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?

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

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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

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

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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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