Monthly Archives: July 2012

Kage Baker would be amused (wryly, I am sure) at some of my problems today. And also be cheering me on, I hope. Today is my sister Kimberly’s birthday! She gets to choose the celebration, and she has chosen defensive … Continue reading →

Kage Baker would undoubtedly have said, “Yecchhh!” Also, “I should think they’d be grateful. Who’d want those things back?”” Eventually, though, she would see that the black rats of Lord Howe’s Island have got to go. You all remember Lord … Continue reading →

Kage Baker often claimed she hated cats. It made some people look at her askance. (Cats are religion with some folks.) I would hastily explain she was allergic, and had actually known some cats she liked, and yadda yadda yadda … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was fascinated by seeing evolution in action. Caveat primus, here: if you do not favour the theory of evolution, Dear Readers, stop reading now. Kage did, I do, and both of us found the evidence to be so … Continue reading →

Kage Baker spent  a certain amount of time in what she called “free association research.” She usually started with a Google entry, something random and potentially amusing: panko pando. Garnet spectrum. Chromophobe. She select some entry on, say, page 7 … Continue reading →

Kage Baker had a “thing” about tracking the weather. She was mildly obsessive about it. Part of it was because she did so much outdoors performance; and so much travelling on California’s always-decaying roads. Part of it was because she … Continue reading →

Kage Baker buttressed her personal vision of time travel with the invention of the Event Shadow. This is one of the key tricks that allows The Company to save, hide, and later resurrect  … things. People, books, statues, recipes for … Continue reading →

Kage Baker adored Slurpees. There are all sorts of crushed ice and sugar syrup drinks out there, of course – all manner of Icees and Frostees and such. They were all drinkable in hot weather, but the King of iced … Continue reading →

Kage Baker always said hot weather was movie weather. That meant it was a good time to go spend 2 or 3 hours in a dark, air conditioned building. We saw some films I am sure we would never have … Continue reading →