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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

School daze are back. #Wordless Wednesday #Query: would this be an institute of higher learning? #Goose on the loose at the Little Red Schoolhouse in Heritage Park.

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

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What I did on my Summer Vacation – by Linda Schaub.

When I was young, in the weeks preceding Labor Day weekend, Mom would give me a nudge, a gentle reminder to start thinking about one of the first class assignments for the new school year:  “What I did on my … Continue reading

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Not everyone rises and shines!  #Wordless Wednesday  #This Mallard obviously lacks a “having your ducks in a row” mindset!

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As the Fuzz Flies …

… (hmm, this title kind of reads like a daytime soap opera). This post is about a trip to Lake Erie Metropark on June 1st.  My three-hour visit yielded a lot of photos after a slow start; eventually I returned … Continue reading

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“We can never have enough of nature.” ~Henry David Thoreau #Wordless Wednesday #Simply stunning American Lotuses

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The third time was the charm.

Finally, after a myriad of funky weather events in June and July, Monday, July 21st was the perfect day for a woodsy walk and I hoped to fill my photo card with a few Osprey offspring pics before they fledged.  … Continue reading

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“Hey Buddy, let’s swap poles!” # Wordless Wednesday # “I guess that’s a ‘no’?”

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

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“The Earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry

I chose the above quote by environmentalist Wendell Berry as the title for today’s post because, in an ever-changing world chock-full of disparagement and dissension, perhaps this is a statement we can all agree on.  This walk happened on Earth … Continue reading

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“When do I say cheese?” #Wordless Wednesday #This Cabbage White enjoys posing.

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

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Dishin’ about fishin’.

See this pair of fine-looking feathered friends that are posing so nicely for me?  Mere moments before I snapped this photo, these two were hugging the seawall while intently studying the water for fish.  You see Coan Lake may be … Continue reading

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