Author Archives: Kate

Kage Baker got ready for trips either days early or at the very last minute – no middle ground. She either ignored the problem until I was practically dragging her out the door, or she had a suitcase packed the … Continue reading →

Kage Baker would have been delighted. Friday the 13th, no matter what it’s historical overtones in general, was always first and foremost a Walt Kelly day with us. Having it fall on an actual Friday was always therefore a mark … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was fond of the saying, “The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” She thought it was a lie, a whining excuse – but she had a black admiration it for its enormity and its universal abdication … Continue reading →

Kage Baker didn’t trust many people. Oh, she was polite to all the hundreds of people one must be, when one moves about out in the world – she had a public persona with exquisite manners, and was always a … Continue reading →

Kage Baker really applied herself to finding bright spots in her illness. She had never been an especially sunny person – Mamma called her “the sad little pine tree” when she was a child – and she grew up with … Continue reading →

Kage Baker told me – at some point during our long, mad scramble through the health care system -that the hardest part of her year of illness was just getting to where she needed to be. Some of that was … Continue reading →

Kage Baker said that the darkest part of the year was the stretch between January 6th and February 14th – the long haul between 12th Night and Valentine’s Day, where there are no holidays, no celebrations, no real festivals. And … Continue reading →

Kage Baker’s sequel to Nell Gwynne is now in editing – once I found out where my email had put the document sent to by the publisher. It, and several subsequent emails, had been tagged as SPAM by a recent … Continue reading →

Kage Baker had a terrifying confidence in my ability to solve problems. At least, it terrified me. The weight of her trust was enormous, and nothing ever seemed to shake it. She wasn’t much for changing her mind. Of course, … Continue reading →

Kage Baker, despite everything we could do, slipped right off the official radar once her cancer was diagnosed. I’ve never been able to get a logical explanation for why – her own theory was that, at the most inconvenient time … Continue reading →