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Kage Baker was an enormous fan of seasonal lights. It started with Christmas lights: when we were little, those were all there were. They were like a hot-climate aurora borealis, curtains and strings and fountains of lights in winter darkness.  … Continue reading →

Kage Baker made things happen. Well, naturally, everybody does – some better or more often or more deliberately than others. But, truth to tell, physics just doesn’t let any of us get away with not making things happen. This is … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved Halloween. It was probably her favourite holiday, despite the fireworks of July 4th and the buttered rum delights of Christmas. Halloween, or more precisely the month of October, was her heart’s delight. It was the pivot of … Continue reading →

Kage Baker, the writer,  is best remembered for her Company novels, highlighting the career of the Botanist Mendoza as an operative for Dr. Zeus, Inc. Dr. Zeus is otherwise known – like all secretive omnipotent super-powered organizations – to its … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was in love with lightning. Chain, ball and sheet; bolts and inverted burning trees; red sprites and blue jets and elves, and those weird half-dome ones where the entire atmosphere flashes and ripples like something is clawing through … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved hot grey days. They usually come to Los Angeles during June, when the late spring marine layer is burning off, but sometimes you get one in the autumn. We had a record-breakingly hot day yestreday,: 113 degrees … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved heat. That is, she preferred to be warm rather than cold – but there was an undeniable element of the salamander in her, too. She was perfectly happy when the temperature got into the 90’s; fewer clothes, … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved God. She was a  pious lady, and always considered herself a Christian, and she liked a well-done ritual. So being raised in the Roman Catholic Church with all its pre-Vatican II panoply, was very satisfying to her … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was a product of parochial schools – “twelve years in the navy blue, aaaarrr”, as she used to say, with a one-eyed Robert Newton leer. As such, she had some definite opinions on “hidden agendas” in the education … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was driven to tell stories. Those who read her work must be aware of her amazing productivity – she was a writer prolific to a fault, because she did almost nothing but write. Those who knew her familiarly … Continue reading →