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Monthly Archives: January 2018
January 31, 2018
Kage Baker had been tucked into her big feather bed for the last night, this time eight years ago. She was sleepy but lucid as the sun set; she sat up against her pillows and saw the sun down into … Continue reading
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Tagged getting old, kage baker, pain, starting over., Super Blue Blood Moon
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Revelations On Saturday the 13th
Kage Baker loved the cartoon work of Walt Kelly. She loved the way he drew things, and she loved his peculiar sense of humour, and she loved his particular fierce and loving philosophy. One of the things she loved was … Continue reading
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Tagged Churchy La Femme, Friday the 13th, kage baker, maned wolves, nebulae, thylacines
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I Have A Weird Diagnosis!
Kage Baker used to complain when I got sick. Not the mere fact of my getting sick – I was healthier than she was by a long shot, until she contracted something fatal. Kage was actually pretty sympathetic to my … Continue reading
New Year, New Habits
Kage Baker always felt that an annual resolution to do less of a bad thing was every bit as necessary as resolving to do something virtuous and new. All Kage ever pledged to accomplish was survival, which she reasoned was … Continue reading
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Tagged bad habits, being ill, Dune. Frank Herbert, good habits, kage baker, Kindle, resolutions, starting again
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Interregnum (Let’s Go Out To The Lobby!)
Kage Baker had bronchitis or influenza every winter, for years, with a horological accuracy. Some years we couldn’t tell quite what she had – it was over-layered by whatever Plague was making the rounds at Dickens Fair, which she also … Continue reading
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Tagged bronchitis, candy, influenza, kage baker, pills, soup, toddies
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Blood Music*
Kage Baker hated medical tests. She did all she could to avoid any sort, and only bowed to the necessity when she developed a fatal disease. And then she was courageous and magnificently authorly; she described the process of intrauterine … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, endurance, Greg Bear, kage baker, medical tests, sisters, ultrasounds
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Beginning And Meaning To Go On
Kage Baker believed firmly in the adage “Begin as you mean to go on”. It’s a popular vow this time of year, of course. I know several people who made that their New Year’s resolution last night. It was certainly … Continue reading
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Tagged bananas, chocolate, coffee, elephants, kage baker, rhinos, tigers
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