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There’ll Be A Hot And Cold (and Quiet) Time Tonight

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker always did her best to spend the week between Christmas and New Year in quiet  and privacy. A seasonal hermitage would have  pleased her most – as it was, living 300 miles from any notable population centers and … Continue reading →

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Boxing Day

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker always planned for a quiet, insular Boxing Day. Traditionally, in its homeland of Merrie Olde England, Boxing Day was the day employers gave presents to their employees – especially household servants. Those were ordinarily loftovers of food and … Continue reading →

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The Day Itself

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker actually enjoyed Christmas Day. Hip-deep in family, noise and kitchen disasters though she usually was, she enjoyed the mad whirl of The Day. Even on years when we got up at 3 AM to drive to Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker liked to retreat on Christmas Eve. It was time to fort up, she said, as early in the day as you could manage it. Ideally, one didn’t have to work; on years when we did, we headed home … Continue reading →

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The Halcyon Days: On Time & In Place

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker, as I have mentioned before, loved the Halcyon Days. That’s not a generalization, though in these less-than-golden times the phrase has come to mean simply “calm weather.  The OED refers to “a period of peace and happiness; an … Continue reading →

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Feeling Like Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker was always concerned about the amorphous condition of “feeling like Christmas”. It was something she wanted, and courted quite seriously. There was no one, definitive path to the feeling – but there were landmarks and sign posts that … Continue reading →

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Nearly Solstice

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker always celebrated the Winter Solstice. The Summer one, as well; and the two Equinoxes, those festivals of equipoise and calendrical toe shoes … but the Summer Solstice was inarguably her favourite. “The longest day!” she would exult. “The … Continue reading →

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PSA 12/14

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker suffered from bronchitis on an annual basis. Every winter, every Christmas season, every Dickens Fair was highlighted by the revolt of her bronchi. She caught bronchitis like other people develop hiccoughs – often, inexplicably, and extremely stubborn of … Continue reading →

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Storytime Tonight!

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker loved storytellers. She loved stories, yes, but maybe more than even those, she loved the people who made them. It was not sparkling gems that moved her so much as the jewelers that made them that captured her … Continue reading →

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The Mysteries of Packing

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker loved travelling. She loved packing – she was very good at it, too, and always managed to get all her clothes into bags she could almost carry unaided. But then, she also loved luggage, and made sure she … Continue reading →

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