Category Archives: Life

Keeping up with Tess Gerritsen’s “Great Indiana Public Libraries Tour”

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

One of my favorite authors is medical-thriller novelist Tess Gerritsen, whose continuing series’ characters Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles have inspired the hit TNT network television show “Rizzoli & Isles.” Since 2005 Gerritsen has also written a blog that focuses … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and reading, Life, Writing, blogging | Tagged "The Great Indiana Public Libraries Tour", author, book tour, books, Garry Knight, Gerritsen, Indiana, Jane Rizzoli, libraries, Maura Isles, novelist, novels, public libraries, Tess Gerritsen | Leave a comment

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

It all depends on your perspective . . . Yesterday I happened to look up through the branches of our crab apple and silver maple trees and saw that the leaves way, way up there were suffused with late-afternoon sunlight. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged "Casey at the Bat", joy in mudville, mighty casey, mood, nature, perspective, silver maple trees, sunshine, there is no joy in mudville | 2 Comments

September Mint (and other photos of summer’s end)

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

September is here, and Mother Nature is wrapping up summer here in Milwaukee. After a busy August, I now am back in school (I teach at Milwaukee School of Engineering) and catching up on chores around the house whenever I … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Milwaukee | Tagged autumn, autumn leaves, baby birds, cardinals, leaving the nest, mint, mint plants, nature, outdoors, plants, seasons, September, silver maple tree | 8 Comments

Watching the “Up” Documentary Series (Film #5, 35 Up)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

This past weekend I watched 35 Up. As I said in my last post, I’m going to try a different approach in structuring my thoughts on the film this time around by first providing a brief update on each of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and film, WPLongform (posts of 1000 words or longer) | Tagged "35 Up", coming of age, documentary film, films, longitudinal study, Michael Apted, movies, psychology, The "Up" series, WPLongform | 4 Comments

Watching the “Up” Documentary Series (Film #4, 28 Up)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

This past weekend I watched the fourth film in the “Up” series, 28 Up. Tonight I’m going to watch the fifth film, and I can see that I need to restructure the way I’m writing about each film. Every week, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and film, WPLongform (posts of 1000 words or longer) | Tagged "28 Up", documentary film, existential angst, films, giftedness, happiness, longitudinal studies, mental health, mental illness, Michael Apted, movies, Neil Hughes, psychology, sociology, The "Up" series, women's roles | 2 Comments

Watching the “Up” Documentary Series (Film #3, 21 Up)

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Over the weekend I watched the third film in the “Up” series. All the original seven-year-olds are back and are now age 21. I started writing this post on Saturday; today is Wednesday. In a couple of days I’ll be … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life, Movies and film, WPLongform (posts of 1000 words or longer) | Tagged "21 Up", documentary film, film, movies, The "Up" series, WPLongform | 7 Comments

Watching the “Up” Series (#2, 7 Plus Seven)

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

This weekend I watched the second film in the “Up” series, 7 Plus Seven. Last week I watched (and wrote this blog post about) the first film, Seven Up. Six more films to go on my way to 56 Up, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and film, WPLongform (posts of 1000 words or longer) | Tagged "7 Plus Seven", "Seven Up", adolescent development, documentary film, England, entertainment, films, longitudinal study, Michael Apted, movies, psychology, sociology, The "Up" series | 2 Comments

Watching the “Up” Series (#1, Seven Up)

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Several years ago, in one of those serendipitous moments that can occur only in the physical world (i.e., not online), I stumbled across a film in the documentary section of a Blockbuster video store, 49 Up. I realized at once … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and film | Tagged "49 Up", "56 Up", "Seven Up", blockbuster video store, british television, documentary film, entertainment, film, granada television, interview subjects, movies, socioeconomic circumstances, Up series | 1 Comment

Waiting for Sherlock

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I love the BBC One Sherlock Holmes series, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson. Have you seen it? Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth now carries a smartphone, and his good friend Dr. Watson publishes … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and reading, Life, Movies and film | Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, BBC One Sherlock Holmes series, Benedict Cumberbatch, clever twists, holmes and watson, john watson, Martin Freeman, orange pips, Sherlock Holmes, study in scarlet, tilt shift, tilt-shift photography | 1 Comment

First Food Truck Friday!

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I spotted the first food truck of the season in front of Red Arrow Park on Water Street shortly after 1:00 this afternoon. I didn’t notice any customers, so maybe it was just a practice run. Such a happy sight, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Milwaukee | Tagged Food Truck Friday, Milwaukee, Red Arrow Park, spring | Leave a comment