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Kage Baker had a very strange relationship with the events of WWII. To her, they were more like memories than historical accounts. Mind you, as an enthusiastic historian later in life, she learned that invaluable trick of personal immersion in … Continue reading →

Kage Baker always felt that if you missed a deadline, you should try to catch it at once – even while it bounced away, as it were. The main thing was to catch up, not wait for the next deadline. … Continue reading →

Kage Baker always swore she would never, ever drive the I-5 by winter night. Nor did she; the summers were weird enough for her. She had a real dread of winter out there: the threats of tule fog, black ice, … Continue reading →

Kage Baker had a favourite post-Dickens Saturday night dinner: Pillsbury biscuits. You know, the sort that comes in a mailing tube and you whack it on the edge of the kitchen counter and it explodes in raw biscuits. And then … Continue reading →

Kage Baker anticipated journeys with great exuberance and extreme planning. She was Queen of Lists, as I have said. I am more … organic.I am missing her even more than usual at the moment, as I try to find everything … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was a picky eater. God, was she! I have had better luck with intransigent toddlers than with my sister in her 50’s. However, she loved most Fair food, and the goodies at Dickens were probably her favourite. For … Continue reading →

Kage Baker liked to get out and wander the streets of London during Dickens. This was a harder proposition than it sounds – simply getting the time to leave our Parlour was difficult, as the Green Man is a hoppin’ … Continue reading →

Kage Baker adored the Fezziwig’s area. It is where, all day, the devotees of Terpsichore enact the dance party from A Christmas Carol. There is a groaning board (with very fine faux cakes on it, some of them produced by … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was always in favour of waiting until Monday to drive home from a Faire. We didn’t get to do it too often – those being many of our years in the office trade – but now that I … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved three day weekends at Fairs-until they ended. During a three day, you have time to relax, and really get into character and thoroughly overdo things. When the weekend hits Day 2 and does not end a wonderful … Continue reading →