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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

Jack Frost nipping at your rose …

Fall 2018 has been fleeting … and frozen.  This season has been like the phrase “now you see it – now you don’t!” We had a few nice days in early October and after that – well, pfft!  And, we … Continue reading →

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Free as a bird …

This post will be part two of yesterday’s trek to Council Point Park.  Though my little furry friends monopolized a good portion of that excursion, there were a few Kodak moments with my feathered friends as well – I hope … Continue reading →

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Fall Aflutter and Peanut Butter.

Fall continues to hum along.  I have to look at the calendar every morning to remind myself what month it is, let alone what season we are currently in. We awoke to snow on Friday morning.  It was an ugly … Continue reading →

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Every Picture Tells A Story.

Most of you know that I am a Canadian citizen and lived there until age ten when our family moved to the States after my father was transferred with Ford Motor Company. While I have never been very much of … Continue reading →

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Walkin’ the walk … (or trying to anyway).

When I left on my walk this morning, the wind was whipping about, threatening to snatch my woolen hat right off my head.  I placed my hand over that hat to hold it in place and knocked it askew, causing … Continue reading →

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Leaf Peepin’ – Part II.

Wow, the weatherman aced it for the weekend weather.  I sure am glad I flip-flopped yesterday’s agenda and made it today’s instead, because the morning started out calm and a little sunny, then everything turned ugly and gray and the … Continue reading →

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Leaf Peepin’ – Part I.

I’m sure last weekend was the primo time for viewing the Fall foliage here in my neck of the woods, but it was a rainy and dismal-looking pair of days.  This morning I decided I had best get going to … Continue reading →

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Nuttin’ Honey.

November’s here, and, as promised, I’m getting back to nature again. The rain is driving me nuts! This post recounts my last trek to Council Point Park this past Tuesday.  Unfortunately that would be the last time I walked as … Continue reading →

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Monster Mash-up.

We sling around a lot of lingo on social media … memes, mash-ups, gifs and even emoticons.  It wasn’t all that long ago that we got pretty excited when tapping the keys for a colon and right parentheses would yield … Continue reading →

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It was forty years ago today …

… since I left my hash-slinging job, and, though these photos below may be a little blurry and faded, the memories are not.  I’m going to stray from squirrel stories and Fall foliage to time travel today, where I’ll revisit … Continue reading →

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