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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

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

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

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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

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

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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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Two’s company; three’s a crowd. #Wordless Wednesday. #Canada Geese

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Winter weather weary? Let’s revisit Summer!

Winter marches on and on … and then some.  Here in Southeast Michigan, our wintry weather arrived at Thanksgiving, much earlier than usual and now Winter has become the gift that keeps on giving – ugh. We had a one-day … Continue reading

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You DID remember today is Squirrel Appreciation Day, right? #Wordless Wednesday #Some of my peanut pals from Council Point Park

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Hmm. Fall is always so fleeting …

… yet Winter seems to go on forever. Fall has always been my favorite season.  Yes Fall, tinged with gorgeous colors, tantalizing tastes and smells and, of course, that welcome, gentle nip to the air, qualities that no other season … Continue reading

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