Monthly Archives: January 2015

Laggers

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker liked  hopscotch. Also butterscotch, Scotch Broth soup, single-malt Scotch (especially with brownies), and See’s Scotchmallow candies. Most of those were passions acquired in adulthood, except for Campbell’s Scotch Broth. Campbell’s stopped making that one available in California around … Continue reading →

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I Got Nothing

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker was always leery of expressing opinions on current events.  She maintained this reticence even more determinedly after taking to the aether of the Internet, because one of the first things she noticed was how insanely furious people got … Continue reading →

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Books: Reading and Making

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker was an avid reader.  She started early – before kindergarten, being one of those kids who figures out the trick while their parents read to them. Kimberly did, too. They started off their school careers already  well past … Continue reading →

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Twelfth Night, Winter and Quiet

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker really liked 12th Night. She never cared for the modern usage of Christmas, where it begins sometime after Halloween and ends on Christmas Day. It’s an enormous holiday (even without the religious component), and she felt it should … Continue reading →

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Is It Prophecy or Just Good Research? Only The Cards Know!

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker paid a cautious lip service to omens. She readily admitted she was superstitious; in fact, she claimed to be much more superstitious than she really was, cheerfully avowing belief in all the goofier forms of prophecy.  She claimed … Continue reading →

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Marking My Place

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker, like anyone else, didn’t always get things done on time. When she knew she couldn’t make a deadline, though, she tried to put a marker in place to show willing. She tried to get things completed on schedule … Continue reading →

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Memories of Perseverance

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker hated putting a project aside. She hated giving up on anything – she was fanatic about keeping on at something until she had accomplished it. She was not a quitter. She wasn’t even much of a negotiator. With Kage, … Continue reading →

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The Virtues of Preparation

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker was a staunch proponent of preparation. Measure twice, cut once she would intone. It’s a poor workman blames his tools. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A philosophy with which anyone would agree. Unless … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Day 2015

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker, as I have described before, liked to take the week between Christmas and New Year as a sacred space. A hidden place, a haven; a comfortably “non-time” wherein to seek release from the weight from the year’s toil … Continue reading →

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