Author Archives: Katherine Wikoff

Unknown's avatar

About Katherine Wikoff

I am a college professor (PhD in English, concentration rhetoric) at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach film and media studies, political science, digital society, digital storytelling, writing for digital media, and communication. While fragments of my teaching and scholarship interests may quite naturally meander over to my blog, this space is intended to function as a creative outlet, not as part of my professional practice. Opinions are my own, etc.

Patchy fog, sunny afternoon

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Strange weather in Milwaukee today. We began with drizzle in the early morning, like 5:00 AM, which then turned into a thick fog for the drive downtown. I was working in my office all day, and by mid-day everything outside … Continue reading →

Posted in Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Central Library, Milwaukee Public Library

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

If you Google Milwaukee’s Central Library, you’ll see images of a gorgeous Neo-Renaissance-style (according to Wikipedia) building. And it’s true: The Central Library is a work of art. It was originally home to the Public Museum, a history of which … Continue reading →

Posted in Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Marian Anderson’s 1939 Easter Concert

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

When contralto Marian Anderson was denied an opportunity to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D. C., by the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution, whom we never hear about anymore but who sadly were once very much in the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music, Popular culture | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Urban trees with a purple glow

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Just another photo from my day. Actually, this one is from my evening. Tonight was the MSOE Scholarship and Donor Dinner, an event where donors who fund scholarships get to sit down and share a meal with the students who … Continue reading →

Posted in Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Maintenance Maintenant

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a photo from my day. I fooled around with the colors a bit to brighten the reds and yellows and darken the shadows, and I liked the result enough to share. Hope you like it, too😀

Posted in Photography | Tagged | 7 Comments

Coat rack with moving light reflections

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

My office in the Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering gets lots of direct and indirect sunlight in the morning. Today as I was getting ready to leave for my 10:00 class, I noticed that not only had the … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Photography | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Happy (slightly belated) birthday, Bob Mackie!

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

My daughter and I were talking about famed costume designer Bob Mackie yesterday and realized that not only is he still alive but he just had a birthday earlier this week (March 24). I thought he must be close to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Creativity, design, History, Media studies, Movies and film, Popular culture, Television | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Amazed by my phone (as exemplified by some paisley closeups)

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I tend to hang onto my phones until I absolutely have to give them up. Example: when my Nokia flip phone, which I ludicrously loved even more once the cover degraded to the point where I could flip it open … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Photography | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Writing exercise – “Common Comrades” (a horror poem)

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

This poem was a response to a writing-exercise prompt for my writing group. My original plan was to submit to literary journals with hopes of publishing. I haven’t done that sort of thing in many, many years and would like … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Creativity, Milwaukee, Photography, poetry, writing exercises, Writing, blogging | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Wavy Van

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

The strong horizontal lines of the building just south of my office got bent big time along the curves of this van on the street below my window. I wasn’t going to post this photo, as it’s really nothing special, … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged , | 2 Comments