Monthly Archives: October 2010

Kage Baker loved the Griffith park Observatory. So did I, and still do. Kage was always fascinated with its classical beauty and weird exhibits, and the mere fact that it is there in the first place. One doesn’t readily consider … Continue reading →

Kage Baker liked writing about Mars. That surprised her when she started it. I mention this because yestreday I touched a Martian meteorite, at the Griffith Park Observatory. It had been upwelling lava from under the skin on Mars; now … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved the Beatles. Really, honestly loved them; madlydeeplytruely. Not carnally – except for George; George was IT as far as Kage was concerned – but with the religious fervor of one who has assigned faces to the 4 … Continue reading →

Kage Baker thought that famous statement was largely a cop-out. She saw it as a teenager’s excuse for a natural lack of discipline, claiming a pious moral evolution long afterwards, when he could no longer traverse that Road of Excess … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was fascinated by the idea of being a cyborg. There was a certain element of horror to it – she had nightmares when she was young, of discovering complicated gears and levers beneath her own skin – but … Continue reading →

Kage Baker used research like a roulette wheel. She’d need to learn something – locations of post offices in Buffalo in 1943, or how long it will take a Hot Wheels car to decay, or a place to eat zuppa … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved research. It was a professional necessity, but she also just liked it. It was her favourite game, the ultimate jigsaw puzzle. She’d spend days on topics with no point beyond personal interest, or a chance glimpse of … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was an enormous fan of seasonal lights. It started with Christmas lights: when we were little, those were all there were. They were like a hot-climate aurora borealis, curtains and strings and fountains of lights in winter darkness.  … Continue reading →

Kage Baker made things happen. Well, naturally, everybody does – some better or more often or more deliberately than others. But, truth to tell, physics just doesn’t let any of us get away with not making things happen. This is … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved Halloween. It was probably her favourite holiday, despite the fireworks of July 4th and the buttered rum delights of Christmas. Halloween, or more precisely the month of October, was her heart’s delight. It was the pivot of … Continue reading →