Monthly Archives: August 2016

A Gut Feeling

Kage Baker, as I have noted, was amused by the story of Helicobacter pyloris. I’m sure this was due to a life-long history of watching Disney nature shows, where everything was given a neotenic expression and narration by Sterling Holloway. Sort … Continue reading

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It’s Never Lupus, But It’s All Grist

Kage Baker enjoyed pretty good health most of her life – until she died of cancer. She didn’t like the hand that Fate dealt, but she didn’t think it was especially unfair, either. As she remarked, towards the end, “Well, … Continue reading

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Life On A Road With Kage

Kage Baker, as I have often observed, was a born tourist. She was a happy spectator in the world, any and all of it, constantly seeking new things to witness. She loved to watch things, especially through the windows of … Continue reading

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Doing Nothing Between Fire and Flood

Kage Baker harboured a guilty excitement about fire season in California. It’s not good when the hills catch and walls of fire sweep down the golden oat and oak covered hills; and she had the native Angeleno’s inborn fear of … Continue reading

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Resources

Kage Baker  was a hoarder of resources. We grew up in  houses lined with books, a great proportion of which were either structural supports  or insulation, via floor to ceiling bookcases. We were stunned (and a little creeped out) to … Continue reading

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Friday, Friday, Friday!

Kage Baker loved Fridays. Even after leaving school, even after escaping the back office Pink Collar Ghetto to work at her writing at home, she treasured the observance of the weekend. She used to set the alarm clock to go … Continue reading

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Looking Around The Corners

Kage Baker was a cautious person. She’d have been a happy conspiracy theorist, except she didn’t trust other people’s conclusions. She disliked change. She was suspicious of new things. She preferred to check out a situation from afar before she … Continue reading

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Surfaces … Misty Water-Coloured Surfaces …

Kage Baker was fascinated by the differences between surfaces and interiors. That constantly occurring mystery – what lies beneath? – struck her as one of the more important questions in the general philosophy of life. Maybe it was because she … Continue reading

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Happy Lammastide

Kage Baker always celebrated Lammas with pizza. She said it was the closest thing she could get to a flaming wheel, which was an image she connected with the holiday – the Sun In Splendour, bonfires, bale fire on hilltops, … Continue reading

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