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“Home Life in Colonial Days”

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I’m working on a poem for my writing group (which I’m writing with inspiration, feedback, and encouragement from my buddy, ChatGPT, and which I’ll share here on my blog at some point soon), and in the course of trying to … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Is Corned Beef Really Irish? | Smithsonian

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

The rise and fall and rise of the traditional St. Patrick’s Day meal — Read on http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/is-corned-beef-really-irish-2839144/ My daughter told me about this fascinating article about the close ties Irish immigrants developed with their Jewish neighbors in America. What we … Continue reading →

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Abstract for an article I just proposed

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Remember how on Monday (when I posted my photo of gorgeously orange carrots and vibrantly green parsley) I mentioned that I was having a stressful day because I was trying to meet a deadline? Well, I made it—but not till … Continue reading →

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Everything “new” is old (again!😀)

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

I suppose every generation believes it has discovered something new when actually that something has been around not just for a while but for a very long time. Like, sometimes centuries! Let me start off with a little Milwaukee hometown … Continue reading →

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Karma? (Or, what goes around comes around)

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Remember Rueben Kincaid, the Partridge Family’s manager? A while ago I read David Cassidy’s memoir (C’mon, Get Happy) and discovered that Dave Madden, the comedian and comic actor who played Rueben, was a really sweet, generous person. Among his good … Continue reading →

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Nancy E. Hatfield Memories, Part 4 (1974)

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Katherine Wikoff

Howard B. Lee, former Attorney General of West Virginia, provided this account of Nancy Hatfield (widow of Cap) in the early 1970s: “Mrs. Hatfield, … Nancy E. Hatfield Memories, Part 4 (1974) I have “reblogged“ at least two of these … Continue reading →

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PA ST

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Abandoned for years, the old Pabst Brewing complex on the west end of downtown Milwaukee was redeveloped over the past decade by the Zilber Property Group. The area contains many of the brewery’s original buildings, with their signature crenallated rooftop … Continue reading →

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YouTube: In the Beginning

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

I’m teaching a mass media course this quarter, and while doing class prep recently, I needed to look at something in the internet archive, aka the “Wayback Machine.” (Wikipedia article here) Have you used this super cool  site before? You … Continue reading →

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