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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

Got an itch? Then scratch it! Just don’t put out your eye! #Wordless Wednesday #Canada Goose

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

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Friday the 13th – Pfft!  It was a lucky day for me!

Finally the wintry weather took a hike and so did I.  After weeks of snowy and icy roads, brutally cold temps, having muddled through Winter with a disgruntled mindset directed toward Mother Nature, I seized the day when conditions finally … Continue reading

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Wild and windswept ‘do. #Wordless Wednesday #Milkweed Seeds #Gone With the Wind.

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I only have eyes for you.

Well, it was Valentine’s Day and in the heart of Winter after all. So, was this mere infatuation or are these a mated pair? It is squirrel mating season in Southeast Michigan. For a quick minute, as I peered at … Continue reading

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The flight of the bumblebee. #Wordless Wednesday #I bee done with bees for now. :)

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Dear Heart: my tribute to Mom.

“A mother holds her children’s hands for a while, their hearts forever”. ~Author Unknown I usually post on Sunday evenings, but today’s post is special.  It’s a tribute to my mom, Pauline Mary Schaub, who would have turned 100 years old … Continue reading

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Does all this yellow mellow you out? #Wordless Wednesday #Bumblebee in the Goldenrod

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Scoping out Lakeside Trail at Ford Lake.

This post is #3 in a series about a walk in Dearborn taken September 10th.  The January 25th post about the Rouge Gateway Trail, Fair Lane Estate and Jergen’s Meadow is here and my February 1st post about Ford Field … Continue reading

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Salute to Heart Month! #Wordless Wednesday #A pair of bees in a “Wishes ‘n Dreams” Dahlia.

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An affinity for ducks.

This post is part two of three posts about a day spent in Dearborn on September 10th.  If you missed last week’s post about my meander along the Rouge Gateway Trail and around Fair Lane Estate and Jergen’s Meadow, just … Continue reading

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