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Does LA Care?

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker was adamant in her conviction that you must be careful in your wishes. “Watch out what you wish for!” was her watchword at birthday candle extinctions, on sighting falling stars, or when fighting over wishbones. She was positive … Continue reading →

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June 10, 2017

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker would have been 65 years old today. By this time, we would be as far North on Highway 1 as we could be. That happens to be 100 yards north of Ragged Point – where there is a … Continue reading →

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De Day

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker always marked certain holidays with especial emphasis. The most important ones led to meditation on ancestors. Today is one of them. Today is the anniversary of Project Overlord, D-Day, the Normandy invasion that led pretty much directly to … Continue reading →

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The Work and Its Ethic

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker did not consider herself a fan of the Protestant work ethic. That is a theory that subscribes to the idea that – in theology,  sociology, economics and history – hard work, discipline and frugality are a result of … Continue reading →

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Where ARE The Flying Cars?

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker never placed much stock in all the shiny cinematic visions of the future. Those gleaming megaloposes that adorned so many book covers never, ever struck her as valid versions of the future. “Where did all the old building … Continue reading →

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Finding A Way: I May Need A Clue But I’m Working On It

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker had a sharp personal dislike of cliches. Aphorisms, folk sayings, pithy one-liners displaying the deep inner wisdom of the speaker: they all, as she put it, gave her “the pip”. I”m not sure what “the pip” is, but … Continue reading →

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The Barbecues Are Blooming

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker did not like to barbecue. She only rarely even enjoyed eating it. She could cook a fair treat over an open fire, but she used pots and pans and spits and griddles, and made many more things than … Continue reading →

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I’ve Gang Agley

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker never missed a convention due to illness. She did miss a signing due to simply forgetting, and going off to Faire instead. That is, in fact, more or less why she never missed anything again – when you … Continue reading →

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Ivory Towers and Local Habitations

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker never wanted to be famous. She had a deep aversion to being a public person; she considered that the most ladylike display of fashion was to be invisible. She was pretty good at it, too, considering that she … Continue reading →

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I Can See Clearly Now

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker had good eyesight. She was very glad about it, and never entirely reconciled to the necessity of reading glasses in her later years. Her fashion sense was much engaged with the jewelry aspect of  her glasses frames, and … Continue reading →

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