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So, a year has passed without Kathleen. For the first time in my life, I am older than she, and everything feels off kilter. I’m having a more difficult time adjusting to this than anticipated, which is why you haven’t … Continue reading →

Dear Family, Friends, and Followers, Joyous 12th Night! Sorry it’s been over eight months since Kathleen left us. I’m having a more difficult time adjusting to the new reality than I had anticipated. Hopefully all of you are doing well. … Continue reading →

… click… Wow, it’s dusty in here. Well, four months adds up. Need to change a few light bulbs, too. Okay, deep breath, pull up a comfy chair, and give it a go. I’m sitting on the couch with Kathleen’s … Continue reading →

Kage Baker always chipped away at January bit by bit, little glistening petals of pastel-coloured chill. She made up her January out of these pale ices, still reflecting the glories of Christmas and predicting the beauties of spring. If you … Continue reading →

Kage Baker truly enjoyed New Year’s, both Eve and Day. It was the definitive pinnacle to the building arc of holidays that began, for Kage, with Halloween. Halloween began at sunset, and ramped through the hours of darkness until midnight … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved Christmas Day, This was hardly unusual, or even noteworthy; most Christians and most dwellers in the Western world do love and enjoy the central holiday of so many, many cultures. This is not to ignore all the myriad … Continue reading →

Kage Baker said the first Christmas Eve she remembered was 1955. For those of you, Dear Readers, who are keeping score – yes, that means she was 3 and 1/2 years old. Her memory went back an amazingly long way; … Continue reading →

Kage Baker grew up in the 60’s and 70’s. And she read voraciously. In a stroke of remarkable good luck, so did her mother, who developed a fondness for fantasy novels when I loaned her my copies of Gormanghast. The good … Continue reading →