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Inauguration Day
Kage Baker simply was not particularly interested in politics. She paid her taxes (years when she made enough money to actually owe any), and assiduously exercised her right to vote (because she was an historian, and knew what her exercised … Continue reading
We’ve Been Spinning Since the Solstice
Kage Baker was not one of those people who forgot a holiday as soon as it was over. There’s nothing actually wrong with doing that – one must move on,after all – but she always liked to wring just a … Continue reading
So, This Old Lady Walks Into A Bar …
Kage Baker didn’t attend Dickens Fair consistently the last few years of her life. She was beginning to be at constant demand for her work, and sometimes found it easier to write when her noisy roommates (me and Harry), were … Continue reading
New Year’s Day, 2021
Kage Baker. An acknowledgement of the import of the date. A few references to obscure, eccentric and/or amusing customs in other lands and times. A genial well-wishing to my patient Dear Readers. That is the basic structure of any of … Continue reading
The Empty Days
Kage Baker always shut down as far as she could for the days between Christmas and New Year’s. She felt that that week should be a buffer, a waiting period, a comfortable domestic hermitage. The jobs we held while we … Continue reading
Christmas Eve, 2020
Kage Baker was wont to sing (along with John Lennon): So now it is Christmas, la la la la la … At which point she’d stop and look rather disgusted and remark “Really, Johnny, this song has stupid vapid lyrics.” … Continue reading
Christmas Eve Eve
Kage Baker referred to December 23rd this way; she got it from me, I fear. It can be carried to as absurd an extreme as one would like, until you find yourself referencing an endless chain of Christmas Eves, all … Continue reading
Conjunctions and Configurations
Kage Baker read her horoscope every day. That’s because, she said, it was right there on the L A Times funny pages with the other daily nonsense. Had she had to search for it, I doubt she would have bothered. … Continue reading
The Season of Winding Up (And Down)
Kage Baker called this last week before Christmas the home stretch – as, indeed, most people probably do. Except those of us who have been reduced to drooling babbling by this point … However, despite the very real and huge … Continue reading
Tomorrow – The Tree
Kage Baker had a method for getting through the holidays without losing her mind. She did everything on a strict schedule; many portions of the holidays were things she always did, always the same way – they settled obediently into … Continue reading