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A Night In the Hot September

Posted on September 4, 2020 by

Kage Baker Dear Reders, I have been trying for 45 minutes to make this program work, and have almost totally failed, Mind you, I have been assisted by a power brownout (not long; this IS a hospital; but long enough … Continue reading →

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Where Am I?

Posted on September 3, 2020 by

Kage Baker considered one of the key phrases from the movie Buckaroo Bonzai one of the truest philosophies ever elucidated: No matter where you go, there you are. She said either it was either deeply existential, bedrock self-awareness or it … Continue reading →

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Steps Toward Renewing Life

Posted on September 2, 2020 by

Kage Baker was leery of miracles. She appreciated them as much as anyone else, but her view of them was influenced by an old physics cartoon. A scholarly fellow is standing in front of an enormous blackboard covered in complicated … Continue reading →

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Revenant

Posted on September 1, 2020 by

Kage Baker always said that it didn’t matter where you started, as long as you did, actually start. But today being the first of September, it just seemed like a nice, tidy place to pick up this utterly unravelled skein … Continue reading →

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The Day The Buzzards Return To Hinkley, Ohio

Posted on March 14, 2020 by

Kage Baker, like all writers, was often asked where she got her ideas. Had she been sure of their provenance, I suspect she’d have lied – they were her ideas, after all. Instead, like several other science fiction writers, she told … Continue reading →

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Life Is So Interesting

Posted on March 11, 2020 by

Kage Baker was constantly at war with reality. She simply didn’t care for it much, that is true – but her main complaint was that it interfered with real life. Hers, anyway. John Lennon once wrote: “Life is what happens … Continue reading →

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I Now Have A Small Thoracic Surgeon

Posted on February 25, 2020 by

Kage Baker was, in some ways, a much stronger woman than I am. She had a will of iron. I am adequately stubborn, but my will is apparently made of damp sugar floss; like candy floss, it’s only long-lasting when … Continue reading →

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In Freefall

Posted on February 19, 2020 by

Kage Baker did not reveal what turned out to be her mortal illness until just a few months before she died. In the meantime, she wrote like a madwoman  (which was her usual technique, actually) and continued on as if … Continue reading →

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Another Symptom Heard From

Posted on February 1, 2020 by

Kage Baker had a heart murmur. An innocent heart murmur: a distinction that means it did not affect the functioning of her heart. It merely unnerved physicians who were examining her for the first time. She got very nonchalant about … Continue reading →

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Oh, My Breaking Heart

Posted on January 30, 2020 by

Kage Baker resented illness taking her time away, time she could have spent writing. She did indeed write through most illnesses, arming herself with ginger ale and tissues and lap robes and cups of hot soup by her computer. How … Continue reading →

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