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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

Treats for the Sweets.

The trek to deliver Valentine treats for the Park sweeties for my Valentine’s Day blog post actually happened three weeks ago, on Saturday, January 23rd. It’s Wintertime in Michigan and you never know what the weather will be, so I … Continue reading

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Blogiversary and Bye Bye Birdie.

In a perfect world, this virtual fundraiser that I participated in on Thanksgiving Day 2020 might have been spun into a blog post long before now. But, in this COVID era, where snail mail sometimes takes weeks, even months, to … Continue reading

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Peekaboo, I see you! #Wordless Wednesday

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

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The Big Chill.

Mother Nature has been a bit conflicted about our Southeast Michigan Winter. Did she want this season to merely meander along or should she pull out all the stops? Maybe the old gal waited until Pugsatawney Phil and Woody the … Continue reading

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Agree to disagree? #Wordless Wednesday #Seagull squabbles #Seagull shenanigans

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

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Boppin’ along the boardwalk – Part 2.

This is Part 2 of a morning spent in Wyandotte boppin’ along the riverfront. First, there was an hour jaunt on the boardwalk at Bishop Park where I was taking photos of that gull that insisted on posing for me, … Continue reading

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Breakin’ bad, er … bread. #Wordless Wednesday #Seagull shenanigans

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

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Boppin’ along the boardwalk – Part 1.

The weather was perfect for a shoreline stroll. Even though it was November 14th and a little chilly, if you closed your eyes, the sound of seagulls shrieking at one another made it seem like a mid-Summer meander on the … Continue reading

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Snowy snoots. #Wordless Wednesday

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

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A Winter’s day …

… in a deep and dark December. This trek was taken on a gray and gloomy morning … Sunday, December 27th to be exact. Sadly, my long holiday weekend didn’t exactly go as planned – sigh. But, thank goodness I … Continue reading

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