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Opening Credits

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker leaned delicately on most of her friends. A few were designated pillars of the sky; she was more apt to lean on those, though even there she was always loathe to become too needy or dependent. Most people … Continue reading →

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This Time, I’ll Yell Out

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker had one dependable solution for those moments when the world became too much for her. That was to write. Because really, kids, let’s be honest. Unless you are Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (or on serious drugs. Or maybe … Continue reading →

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Daylight Aberrations

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker simply detested Daylight Savings. She didn’t really care about getting more daylight for the merchants’ convenience – as she observed, we were in modern times and had lots of artificial lighting available. And people had managed even back … Continue reading →

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What Happened

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker was a firm believer in that axiom made famous by the eponymous hero of  Forrest Gump: “Shit happens.” She believed it firmly, and not in the semi-lovechild meaning of  “stuff”. She meant SHIT, no kidding nor holds barred … Continue reading →

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How I Do It, Now That I Am Old

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker never kept much of a story idea file. That’s the file where you keep the ideas that might become stories. It’s full of articles of interest, isolated signs or photos of provocatively dubious provenance, and disjointed phrases that … Continue reading →

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The Moon In Wine

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker would have loved last night’s Super Blue Blood Moon. Once I got her out of bed, that is, and she had forced her eyes into focus. Then, the lunar fire balloon in the West would have had her … Continue reading →

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January 31, 2018

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker had been tucked into her big feather bed for the last night, this time eight years ago. She was sleepy but lucid as the sun set; she sat up against her pillows and saw the sun down into … Continue reading →

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Revelations On Saturday the 13th

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker loved the cartoon work of Walt Kelly. She loved the way he drew things, and she loved his peculiar sense of humour, and she loved his particular fierce and loving philosophy. One of the things she loved was … Continue reading →

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I Have A Weird Diagnosis!

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker used to complain when I got sick. Not the mere fact of my getting sick – I was healthier than she was by a long shot, until she contracted something fatal.  Kage was actually pretty sympathetic to my … Continue reading →

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New Year, New Habits

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker always felt that an annual resolution to do less of a bad thing was every bit as necessary as resolving to do something virtuous and new. All Kage ever pledged to accomplish was survival, which she reasoned was … Continue reading →

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