Category Archives: Life

Success and Failure, Winners and Losers

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”  – Wayne Gretzky (MICHAEL SCOTT 😄) Great quote, of course, but even more intriguing and inspiring to me is the original context in which Gretzky said it. The passage below is … Continue reading →

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Why the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys always play on Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

I have wondered about this for years. It seemed like my dad and grandfather watched the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving afternoon every single year of my childhood. Do the Lions always play on Thanksgiving, or is my memory just playing … Continue reading →

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Bloom where you’re planted!

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

I thought of that saying right away about two weeks ago when I saw these cheerful flowers (um, weeds) growing out of the crack at the base of this brick wall where it hits the sidewalk (and took a picture, … Continue reading →

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Double Take

Posted on November 7, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

I don’t think my grocery store understands how sales are supposed to work 😂

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What I’m Reading: A podcast/newsletter called “What Happens Next”

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

A podcast that I don’t even remember subscribing to but which I really enjoy for its unusual topics and insights on political and economic topics is titled, “What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein.” In reading through the … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Nook

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Our MSOE library has a section that’s built out at a diagonal to the rest of the building. Imagine a square inserted over and through one corner of a rectangle, and you would pretty much have a blueprint of the … Continue reading →

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Fresh!

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Today is super busy and fairly stressful. I have a deadline tomorrow for an abstract of a proposed article that I’m going to try to upload in advance tonight to spare me the last-minute horrors of, say, the journal’s website … Continue reading →

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The Invention of Morel

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Our MSOE (Milwaukee School of Engineering) Faculty and Staff Book Club met Monday night to discuss this short but fascinating novel. But first a “prologue,” complete with photo. We meet at a place called The Explorium Brewpub, which is located … Continue reading →

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Autumn Synchronicity

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

 The leaves on the inside of my office window are attached to a long-dead branch from our birch tree, which my daughter and her classmate turned into a work of art about 12 years ago with the aid of … Continue reading →

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From Barbara Kingsolver on Hurricane Helene

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

The ubertalented author, who lives in the Appalachian region affected by Helene last week, posted this on Facebook. I am sharing here to amplify the info she provides at the end for two organizations she suggests donating to if you … Continue reading →

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