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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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T’is A Season

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker had a tremendous emotional dependence on the steady progression of the seasons. She wasn’t afraid of their not progressing -she liked the beat, man; she heard, and loved, the heartbeats of the year. Don’t roll your eyes and … Continue reading →

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Extinction

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker was very personally bothered by extinction – the idea of it, the realization that it occurred. To begin with, she just didn’t like the idea that things end, though she realized it had to happen. The cycles of … Continue reading →

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All Souls

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker loved the day after Halloween: traditionally, in the Catholic Church, all Saints day. All Souls Day comes on November 2nd. Nowadays, especially in California and most especially in Southern California, the day is most obviously celebrated as Día … Continue reading →

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By The Light of Burning Theobromos

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker disliked boundaries – by which I mean those set up by other people, borders that she was not supposed to cross. I think she mostly never even noticed them, until we were leaping down the wrong side of … Continue reading →

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Whoops

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker tried earnestly to write constantly. She managed it an amazing amount of the time, to a quite inhuman degree. I have tried to emulate her sterling example, but I have run into some problems she never encountered. Granted, … Continue reading →

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Candy Season

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker loved candy. This is hardly unusual, nor portentous – but Kage took great pride in never, ever forgetting a sweet she had once loved. Even if it no longer appealed to her adult taste, though this was vanishingly … Continue reading →

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Blow, Wind, And Crack Thy Cheeks

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker loved Shakespeare. She also loved Autumn, and the particular weather phenomena that accompany it in California: wind. Fog. Clear skies once (and if) the fog blows off. Sudden apocalyptic drops (or rises) in temperature. So, the wind began … Continue reading →

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Now Is Come October

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker loved summer. It was her favourite season. But second in her heart came – not a season – but the month of October. She wasn’t that crazy about Fall; except in special places, far North of where we … Continue reading →

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