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Kage Baker:  grinning in my memory today, busy as I was with a bag of plums, two fancy pens and 9,000 signature sheets still to complete. A morning spent signing things, and singing to English, Scots and Irish folk music … Continue reading →

Kage Baker habitually just shut down all outside activities when she was faced with signature sheets. Signature sheets are nicely printed pages with a space for the author’s name. They are signed in an unbound condition, and then bound into … Continue reading →

Kage Baker did, occasionally, get bored. How, I never could figure out. Most of the time she had a dozen projects going on at once, and was loudly pressed for time. She always claimed there were not enough hours in … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved gardens. And gardening – she was a maker as well as a consumer, and brought talent and dedication to the art of cultivating a garden. Growing up where she did helped. Mamma’s house was balanced on the … Continue reading →

Kage Baker lived on Santa Rosa plums during their brief, 1 or 2 week season every year. They are simply the best plums ever. And I am doing my level best to subsist on them now. They have fallen out … Continue reading →

Kage Baker disliked having neighbors. Most of ours over the years were amiable enough – because, mostly, they weren’t there. We didn’t often have any; not with two legs and last names, anyway. We lived in a lot of funny … Continue reading →

Kage Baker would be amused (wryly, I am sure) at some of my problems today. And also be cheering me on, I hope. Today is my sister Kimberly’s birthday! She gets to choose the celebration, and she has chosen defensive … Continue reading →

Kage Baker would undoubtedly have said, “Yecchhh!” Also, “I should think they’d be grateful. Who’d want those things back?”” Eventually, though, she would see that the black rats of Lord Howe’s Island have got to go. You all remember Lord … Continue reading →

Kage Baker often claimed she hated cats. It made some people look at her askance. (Cats are religion with some folks.) I would hastily explain she was allergic, and had actually known some cats she liked, and yadda yadda yadda … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was fascinated by seeing evolution in action. Caveat primus, here: if you do not favour the theory of evolution, Dear Readers, stop reading now. Kage did, I do, and both of us found the evidence to be so … Continue reading →