Author Archives: Kate

Kage Baker only used the calendar loosely to establish the turning seasons. As she said, (tenting her fingers and looking pious):  “The air and earth have their own ideas, which are based on rhythms man cannot entirely fathom nor control … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was all too familiar with holding patterns. And she hated them. Waiting for anything, for any reason, was just not Kage’s forte. Patience, now: she had that, and could bring enormous patience to a task she had initiated … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was very fond of holidays. Her general feeling was, any excuse for a party was a good one. But she was really rather irritated by made-up modern ones. Things like Executive Assistants Day, and National Puppy Day, and … Continue reading →

Kage Baker once remarked, “We don’t have adventures. We have AB-ventures.” Meaning the things that happened to us were exciting, dangerous but most of all – weird. I think we may have been stuck on a section of railroad track … Continue reading →

Kage Baker, as I have often reported, did not drive. However, she liked car journeys, so she was driven everywhere she needed to go; usually by me, since we lived together for most of our lives. However, when given a … Continue reading →

Kage Baker wasn’t that fond of St. Patrick’s Day. It’s an American riot, at heart, and wearied her, despite the family’s putative Irish blood. She did celebrate St. Patrick’s Day – with a restrained roll of the eye, a shrug … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved See’s Irish Potatoes. If you have somehow overlooked these most peculiar confections, they are a short-term novelty sweetie produced by See’s Candies to honour St. Patrick’s Day. They are a fist-sized ( a lady’s smallish fist, anyway) … Continue reading →

Kage Baker had no compunctions about declaring a day off. Especially when it was “off” like a bad egg or elderly milk – and some days are like that, you know, they just stink; and they make you ill if … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was particularly susceptible to spring fever. When the vernal equinox approached and began to manifest – that was when she was most likely to drop everything and take off. She’d have the urge to find some newly green … Continue reading →