Tag Archives: MSOE

Stacked

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Seen on my way to a 5:00 PM meeting late today. Just a bunch of chairs stacked up and set against the wall, waiting either for use in the near future or for pickup by the facilities staff. Anyway, I … Continue reading →

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Day and Night at the Museum (after the rain)

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I took this picture of the Grohmann Museum reflected in a puddle in August of 2016. I loved it, and it was accepted the following year for a fiftieth-anniversay exhibition of alumni art at my undergraduate school, Wright State University. … Continue reading →

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Sun + Fog (Again😀)

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

So this is what happens when you live on a large body of water. When the lake is colder than the air temperature, you get fog. Conversely, in winter when the lake is much warmer than the air temperature you … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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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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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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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A rainy start to May

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Which is OK with me! The alternative for those of us who live in Wisconsin is 1-3 inches of snow, which the poor unfortunates who live about an hour north and west of Milwaukee are experiencing today. Additionally, today’s rain … Continue reading →

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My own little light at the end of a tunnel

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

Stayed late at work last night, although not quite as late as this darkness would seem to indicate. Sunset is coming earlier in Wisconsin these days, and the Grohmann Museum closes at 5 PM. I took this picture on my … Continue reading →

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