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Kage Baker spent  a certain amount of time in what she called “free association research.” She usually started with a Google entry, something random and potentially amusing: panko pando. Garnet spectrum. Chromophobe. She select some entry on, say, page 7 … Continue reading →

Kage Baker had a “thing” about tracking the weather. She was mildly obsessive about it. Part of it was because she did so much outdoors performance; and so much travelling on California’s always-decaying roads. Part of it was because she … Continue reading →

Kage Baker buttressed her personal vision of time travel with the invention of the Event Shadow. This is one of the key tricks that allows The Company to save, hide, and later resurrect  … things. People, books, statues, recipes for … Continue reading →

Kage Baker adored Slurpees. There are all sorts of crushed ice and sugar syrup drinks out there, of course – all manner of Icees and Frostees and such. They were all drinkable in hot weather, but the King of iced … Continue reading →

Kage Baker always said hot weather was movie weather. That meant it was a good time to go spend 2 or 3 hours in a dark, air conditioned building. We saw some films I am sure we would never have … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was a firm believer in listening to feed back. If readers took the time to tell you something, she felt, they were owed the writer’s attention. At least long enough to decide whether or not the idea, suggestion … Continue reading →

Kage Baker died before any of us even knew that her namesake nephew-of-love was on the way. I mean, we all knew his parents were trying, but the target baby had not yet been acquired. Kage had faith he would … Continue reading →

Kage Baker’s favourite season to travel I-5 was the summer. Not only were the days long – reducing the time spent in the dark on that strangest of all roads – but it’s the season for fresh fruit. She could … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved babies. You’d think someone who had been baby-sitting (and feeding, and changing, and reading to) smaller kids since she herself was reliably house-broken might have gotten blase about it. But no, Kage was constantly delighted as our … Continue reading →

Kage Baker once broke our toilet with a conch shell. On Christmas Eve. With lots of family members coming over for Christmas Day. Including a clean-freak grandmother. All of you, Dear Readers, probably have holiday plumbing stories. Some of you … Continue reading →