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Author Archives: Kate
By The Rocket’s Red Glare
Kage Baker held to John Lennon’s wisdom – well, not in much, but definitely this: Life is what happens when you’re making other plans. And she was always shaking her head at me, as I trailed home with thistles and rose … Continue reading
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Old Christmas Is Past, 12th Night Is The Last
Kage Baker loved the celebration of Twelfth Night. It put a proper end on the Christmas Season, rather than the abrupt murder of all decorations and good cheer that takes place in most American homes the very day after Christmas. … Continue reading
Well, Happy Freaking New Year
Kage Baker had no especial personal attachment to the calendrical New Year. As she pointed out, it was completely arbitrary anyway: the month was stolen from the Roman god Janus; the various American celebrations were an accrual of various social … Continue reading
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Pirates and Chocolate and Rice
Kage Baker liked to use the week between Christmas and New Year’s as a resting place. She played her new games or read her new book, or just sat happily watching telly and snacking. She could easily subsist for the … Continue reading
Time To Die – Not!
Kage Baker would have bet that Christmas would not arrive, sooner than that her annual bout of bronchitis would not arrive. She’d probably have won the bet, too. She caught colds that promptly mutated into bronchial infections every year between … Continue reading
It’s Boxing Day Again!
Kage Baker was fascinated with the varied history of Boxing Day. She spent years figuring it out (the sources offer wildly differing ideas), and that led her into a lifelong affection for all things British. She was an enthusiastic and … Continue reading
Happy Christmas, All
Kage Baker loved Christmas. No matter how huge or small or poor or lavishly funded or weekend-ish or all the time she wanted after retirement: it was the season she loved best. It’s dear to me as well. As are … Continue reading
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Tagged beloved dead, Christmas, kage baker, prime rib, Ray, Yorkshire pudding
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I Don’t Know Where I Am, But I Don’t Like It
Kage Baker used her writing as an anodyne for pain, a refuge from fear, an outlet for obsessions, a fun-house mirror for whatever was displeasing her with its general looks. Twisting something into a Mobius curve can change its entire … Continue reading
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Tagged cures for writer's block, kage baker, the dark side, writer's block, writing
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On The Outside, Looking Further Out
Kage Baker never indulged in any writing contests or seminars. The last class she took in creative writing was in high school, at good old Immaculate Heart High School. Mind you, the teacher for that class was the inestimable poet … Continue reading
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Tagged courage and fortitude., Eloise Klein Healy, high school, kage baker, poetry, writing
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Still Smoking, But It’s Cool
Kage Baker loved the transformations of the seasons. That’s a little weird for a born Angelina, as our seasons here in the Basin are often eccentric and usually delicate. But we native children of the place know how to discern … Continue reading
Kathleen, Kage and the Company 