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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

Home Sweet Home.

Yesterday at this time, I was glad to be home, hunkered down in the house, fingers flying over the keyboard while the ping of freezing rain was hitting the windows.  It was an ugly and gray day, which began with … Continue reading →

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Marsh Madness.

Of course, at first glance, you thought why is Linda writing about the college hoops frenzy known as “March Madness” … I sure do wish it was the month of March instead of just sliding into the tail end of … Continue reading →

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Leaves leave me peeved sometimes.

On the last day of this four-day holiday weekend, I was outside scooping up wet and slimy leaves and pruning rosebushes.  I mumbled my apologies to the rosebushes about my tardiness in attending to them, blaming not myself, but Mother … Continue reading →

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Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat …

Our Southeast Michigan weather is so fickle … today it will climb to 48 degrees F, and it has been raining off and on all day.  On Thanksgiving, I trekked around Council Point Park for six miles, and, when I … Continue reading →

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Now the holiday season is in full gear.

November blitzed by and all of a sudden Thanksgiving was here.  It seemed like we were just celebrating Halloween and suddenly the stores were infiltrated by Christmas decorations and goodies.  Then people were talkin’ turkey.  That’s because 2018 is one … Continue reading →

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Eat, Eat and Be Squirrelly. 

Well, maybe I am the squirrelly one because I found my fingers typing THAT headline instead of “eat, drink and be merry” … hmm, feet and fingers, please don’t fail me now!  Perhaps my fingers are still frozen from this … Continue reading →

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It was a footrace between Mother Nature and me this morning …

… but I got into the “W” column for a change.  The online weather forecast predicted snow showers, and even squalls, for 8:00 a.m. and again at 10:00 a.m. – so, I wondered “will it be too slick to get … Continue reading →

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Fat-Bottomed Squirrels.

I originally planned to call this post “Do all those peanuts make my butt look big?” but, with the recent release of the movie about the rock group Queen, I’ve been hearing snippets of their greatest hits – one of … Continue reading →

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Today was “National Take a Hike Day” …

… so I did just that! I added six more miles onto my 2018 tally, leaving me only 41 more miles to go before I reach my goal. You’re saying to yourself “well why was Linda worried about meeting her … Continue reading →

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Grrrr … griping about graupel.

Yesterday’s walk was wonderful – it put a smile on my face. But today’s trek was just the pits – it put a frown on my face. Originally, the sleety precip was slated for tonight, but then it kept getting … Continue reading →

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