Author Archives: Kate

About Kate

I am Kage Baker's sister. Kage was/is a well-known science fiction writer, who died on January 31, 2010. She told me to keep her work going - I'm doing that. This blog will document the process.

Today Is Kage’s Birthday

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Kate

Kage Baker would have been 70 years old today. I think she would have disliked it intensely, and it may be rude of me to point it out. However, folks continue to celebrate birthdays for many people who have been … Continue reading →

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Dinner, with the Sounds of War

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Kate

Kage Baker, like most people our age – middling-old folks, kids – grew up watching war on the telly over dinner. In our youngest days, it was watching The 20th Century with Walter Cronkite; it was pretty much a replay … Continue reading →

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Company News & Related Stuff

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Kate

Kage Baker was always interested in peculiar appearances and disappearances. She read UFO reports with avid disbelief – there was never enough – or even halfway logical – proof for her, but the mystery was fun. She wondered what happened … Continue reading →

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January Gets Colder

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Kate

Kage Baker loathed modern politics. She was fond of several old monarchies (mostly Tudor and Windsor), and could recite king lists in half a dozen European and Middle eastern dynasties. (Don’t sneer; most Americans cannot list more than half a … Continue reading →

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January … 4th?

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Kate

Kage Baker was a little leery of the first few days of any new year. She didn’t like to leap in with both feet and no caution; she felt the entire enormous span of the next year should be approached … Continue reading →

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Christmas Day 2021

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker wasn’t always a successful writer. She wasn’t always the Well-known Name who could forget a $2,000 check on the dining room table for two months – which she actually did on a couple of occasions. On the one … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve, 2021

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker loved Christmas Eve. All the last minute fooferah and deco, the stockings, the last presents trotted out to tantalize for a few hours … as often as possible, a fire lit and candles everywhere; no electricity, except what … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve Eve

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker was not a fluffy sort of person. She was a romantic, in a stern way, and a traditionalist; but the addition of ribbons and bells and cute animals to a holiday never delighted her much. Unless it was … Continue reading →

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December 1st

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker was of the school of Christmas decorations that held: you should wait until December to decorate. So am I, so is my family. I notice that the custom is growing, to begin Christmas lights, at least, as early … Continue reading →

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The Earthquake Hour

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker used to say she wanted to go “all of a piece”, like Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Wonderful One-Hoss Shay. If you, Dear Readers, are unfamiliar with the famed 19th century American jurist and poet Holmes. it would do you … Continue reading →

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