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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

“Wormies” … The Breakfast of Champions! #Wordless Wednesday #Enjoying a protein power breakfast, one segment at a time!

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

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Hyacinths in the ‘hood.

What happened to that little ditty I learned way back in elementary school about “March winds, April showers, help bring May flowers?” I guess that was long before our weather got wacky and morphed seasons together in such a nonsensical … Continue reading

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Spring Beauties! #Wordless Wednesday #The flowers are Spring Beauties a/k/a Fairy Spud or Miner’s Lettuce

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

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Honoring our centuries-old war dead.

Memorial Day is the time to honor the country’s war dead, so why not do a little time traveling and go way back, like 165+ years? I am always trying to think ahead when it comes to my blog posts … Continue reading

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When you make like an ostrich …. #Wordless Wednesday #A brief escape from reality!

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

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Familiar places (and faces)!

After a month of “March Weather Madness” Mother Nature shone, although she would soon lose her accolades when we had a week of wild, wacky, severe weather following that dazzling day. This is why you seize the day when you … Continue reading

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Striped Squill and two bonus bees to boot! #Wordless Wednesday #Ahh, the joy of Spring!

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

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Your mom loves you …

… even if she had/has to give you a push to steer you in the right direction sometimes. Yep, here you were thinking that only human moms do these things, nudging their babies, toddlers, teenagers, even adult children to toe … Continue reading

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Where’s Waldo? #Wordless Wednesday #Why, he’s lost in the Lotus leaves!

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

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Mother’s Day marsh meander.

Sunday, May 11, 2025 was a gorgeous day and I took advantage of the sunny morning when I set out on a very long walk at Lake Erie Metropark.  It was picture-perfect, not only for me, but also for all … Continue reading

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