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Extinction

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker was very personally bothered by extinction – the idea of it, the realization that it occurred. To begin with, she just didn’t like the idea that things end, though she realized it had to happen. The cycles of … Continue reading →

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All Souls

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker loved the day after Halloween: traditionally, in the Catholic Church, all Saints day. All Souls Day comes on November 2nd. Nowadays, especially in California and most especially in Southern California, the day is most obviously celebrated as Día … Continue reading →

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By The Light of Burning Theobromos

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker disliked boundaries – by which I mean those set up by other people, borders that she was not supposed to cross. I think she mostly never even noticed them, until we were leaping down the wrong side of … Continue reading →

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Whoops

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker tried earnestly to write constantly. She managed it an amazing amount of the time, to a quite inhuman degree. I have tried to emulate her sterling example, but I have run into some problems she never encountered. Granted, … Continue reading →

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Candy Season

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker loved candy. This is hardly unusual, nor portentous – but Kage took great pride in never, ever forgetting a sweet she had once loved. Even if it no longer appealed to her adult taste, though this was vanishingly … Continue reading →

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Blow, Wind, And Crack Thy Cheeks

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker loved Shakespeare. She also loved Autumn, and the particular weather phenomena that accompany it in California: wind. Fog. Clear skies once (and if) the fog blows off. Sudden apocalyptic drops (or rises) in temperature. So, the wind began … Continue reading →

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The Great Outdoors, Indoors

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker didn’t really like most people. She had to get to know them individually, which she didn’t do often because she was busy and shy. Those who did get her attention long enough to get to know her – … Continue reading →

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A Small Report From The Edges of Reality

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker wasn’t fond at all of consensus reality. Considering, as she did, that reality was what you make it, she had a low opinion of the reality on offer – the group view, the mass of humanity view, the … Continue reading →

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New Chapter: Wherein I Lose An Orifice

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker always said, you should try to hook your audience with the first sentence. I hope the one above is odd enough to catch someone’s attention – not that I deserve it, having lapsed into so long a silence … Continue reading →

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Once More Unto the Breach

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Kate

Kage Baker did give me a few choice bits of advice at the end of her life. It was that lovely afternoon that she spent surrounded by friends and family, with an unseasonably warm January wind coming off the ocean … Continue reading →

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