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BLOG #1 for Today: PSA For November

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker began voting at age 18 – part of the first crop of 18-year-olds to vote in California – and never missed an election in her life. In 2010, I wrote the following blog entry about the importance of … Continue reading →

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A Change of Season

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker loved the change of the seasons. Despite being a native Californian – and an Angelena, at that – she maintained that we had the same seasons as anywhere else in the country. Their markers were different and their … Continue reading →

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Stress Encourages Growth

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was a firm believer in the advantages of carefully regulated stress. “It’s like bonsai,” she explained to me. “Or the espalier principle. All gardening, in fact. You prune branches to reduce unnecessary strain on the plant. You pinch … Continue reading →

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There Must Be More Than One Way (Not) To Write

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker took her last writing class in high school, at age 17. That was in her last quarter of her senior year, when creative scheduling gave her a whopping 2 classes – World Religion and the aforementioned Creative Writing … Continue reading →

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Actually Hallowe’en

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker, would, by this time of the afternoon, now be insanely engrossed in her Hallowe’en rituals. They had grown enormous, time-consuming and madly detailed by the end of her life; the Goddess only knows what we would have been … Continue reading →

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Hallowe’en. E’en.

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker loved old calendars, old traditions, old holidays. The more weight of years something had behind it, the better she liked it. Mind you, anything that happened even once and turned out well was an immediate tradition for her.  … Continue reading →

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I Can See The Light

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker had vision problems at an early age. At less than a year, her eyes began to cross. For a while, she was reportedly as cross-eyed as a Siamese kitten – flame point, one would assume, from the color … Continue reading →

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7 Days To The Coming of the Light

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker loved countdowns. She enjoyed the stately glissade down to an event – well-regulated anticipation was something she savored. Big red X’s on calendars were one of her favourite things – unless it was a special calendar, which had … Continue reading →

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Accomplishing Something In The Noisy Dark

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was a firm proponent of momentum. She felt one should work constantly to achieve and preserve it, and to use it in  all one’s endeavors.  “Maintaining momentum,” she often told me, “is the only way to get long … Continue reading →

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Aaand – Another Countdown Begins

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker, even during her final days, maintained a cheerful conviction that things could be worse. Even when she knew she was dying, she said she was grateful that it was going to be fast – as it was; she … Continue reading →

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