Category Archives: Life

(𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴) C O O O o o ʟ

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

As I was putting on my coat yesterday afternoon to head out to my 3:00 PM class, I noticed what appeared to be a smudge or scuff on the wall near my office window. Slightly upsetting. Not only was it … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on Taco Bell

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I am informed by some spammy email in my Outlook that today is “National Taco Day,” which I have confirmed by checking in with Google. Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Four_tacos_from_Santa_Rosa_Taqueria.jpg In honor of … Continue reading →

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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Well. I’ve never cried in a museum before, but the Edmund Fitzgerald exhibition at the Grohmann Museum had me in tears yesterday afternoon. I was making my way through the special exhibit’s gallery, looking at photographs and paintings of the … Continue reading →

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Wednesday morning, September 10, in downtown Milwaukee

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Just two photos from my morning drive to work. First, I was on 10th Street just west of the Wisconsin Club, housed in the 1843 mansion built by Alexander Mitchell, founder of the Marine Bank and president of the Chicago, … Continue reading →

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Intersection of Beige and Cream

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Because working on a computer for hours at a time (in a single sitting) is not good for anyone, I try to take short, frequent breaks to get in some stretching and walking as much as possible. Fortunately, my office … Continue reading →

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Smiley (Or, The Most Happy Staircase)

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Two references to unpack in that title, but first . . . . . . here’s a photo I took the other day around 2:15 PM of the atrium staircase at the Grohmann Museum (where my office is). If you … Continue reading →

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LOL, that lurid, sensationalist movie poster for “12 Angry Men”

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I’m teaching a technical communication course this summer and using the film 12 Angry Men as “raw material” for students to use in analyzing positive and negative communication behaviors commonly found on project teams. In doing some class prep, I … Continue reading →

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Figuring out my office thermostat, 21st-century style

Posted on May 19, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Today is the day my spring semester grades are due. Exams and classes are finished. Which means that the building my office is in, the Grohmann Museum, was not open yet when I came in this morning. Usually, during the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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