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Therapeutic Gardening

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker loved gardening. She was supernally good at it, too – which is not always a given. We have all, Dear Readers, known sad but determined gardeners whose efforts are an exercise in still lives and Martian landscapes. She … Continue reading →

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Round Robins. Also Sparrows, Finches, Ravens …

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker liked to see nature.  She appreciated the opportunity to watch it, to admire its joys and terrors and inhuman beauties – especially birds and plants, which I suspect she considered related in some peculiar Kage-esque clade system. She … Continue reading →

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Friday Night

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker loved Friday nights. They either meant that the weekend had arrived, and free time was there to be enjoyed by all – or we were on the road to a Faire somewhere, deep-laden with props, costumes, actors and … Continue reading →

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Hacking Consciousness

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker was quite scornful of “life hacks” . Those began to proliferate like bacteria on the Internet about as soon as it went commercial; along with porn, games with annoying sound effects, and cat videos. She scorned all of … Continue reading →

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Little Things

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker tried her best to ignore the little niggling attacks of life on her time and energy. Large portions of her schedules were designed to resist the effects of the tiny problems, the ones that crowd into your time … Continue reading →

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Busy, Busy Day

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker loved those days when the energy was free and flowing – nay, not just flowing, but leaping round her ankles as insistently as a beagle puppy begging for a walk. And she didn’t even like puppies. But she … Continue reading →

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Flat Tire At The Crossroads

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker  wanted her life to run a certain way. She worked hard at getting it that way, and she didn’t like changes to the things she had painstakingly established. No one really does – but not everyone labours with … Continue reading →

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Nevertheless, She Persisted

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker was a staunch proponent of universal suffrage. As I have previously reported, she admired Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Annie Besant, Katherine Russel (Viscountess Amberly) – all those determined and ferocious ladies, and their crews of equally … Continue reading →

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January 30, 2017

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker spent her last January 30th as the belle of a small but lively ball. Most of her family and some friends came to see her, in her big wooden bed in Pismo Beach, in her pirate-themed bedroom. She … Continue reading →

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It Died With Its Word Processor On

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker once had a habit of not turning her programs off before she exited them. This resulted in a lot of lost updates, new work, and sometimes entire documents – her preferred method being to yank the portable medium right … Continue reading →

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