Author Archives: Kate

Kage Baker … tolerated … my fondness for knitting. She gamely listened to me describe delightful new yarns and stitches; she wore the socks I made her. She even bought me a Swift, so I could turn skeins of hand-spun … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was in my dreams again last night. This is really a big deal. One would think that I’d dream of her often, but such has not been the case. I’d have loved to dream of her after she … Continue reading →

Kage Baker didn’t really like surprises. She was unnerved by the element of ambush implied in them; and after growing up with three brothers, she was especially leery of practical jokes. Not the boyos were very good at them, you … Continue reading →

Kage Baker believed in … harmonics. The music of the spheres. The Lost Chord, which Sir Arthur Sullivan ecstatically declared came from the soul of an organ into his: such an image! The underlying harmony that underwrote and encompassed the … Continue reading →

Kage Baker considered herself fairly lucky on an emotional vulnerability level. She didn’t suffer from fits of depression, lethargy, panic attacks … and since several of her relatives did, she saw just how much this can disrupt ordinary life. She … Continue reading →

Kage Baker believed that topics in general news come in cycles. She had no theories on why, or what influenced the schedule; but it appeared to her that specific weird things would suddenly fill her purview from time to time, … Continue reading →

Kage Baker had an undying fascination with the weather. It arose gradually through her adulthood, and had everything to do with performing at Renaissance Faires. When your seasonal activities are performed outdoors in a low-tech environment, you become as sensitive … Continue reading →

Kage Baker used to say – rather sourly – “Never let anyone know you have a truck or can play bridge.” I had a series of trucks and vans for years, and Kage and I were constantly being pressed into … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved tamales. It was the masa more than anything else, I think; masa being one of those substances that perfectly explains why most Native American cultures worshipped corn as a deity. Masa is a transcendent food stuff – … Continue reading →

Kage Baker adored and venerated The Firesign Theatre, especially Peter Bergman. For those of you who do not know who they and he were … there is no way to describe them in any way that would do them justice. … Continue reading →