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Tag Archives: Solstice
Two-Day Holidays. With Food.
Kage Baker never felt that a single day was sufficient for a holiday. She stretched birthdays into celebratory weeks. The run up to Halloween lasted a whole month of steadily increasing lights and Beistle paper decorations and bowls of rehearsal … Continue reading
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Tagged duck, fried pudding, kage baker, pizza, sleep, Solstice, Winter
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Summer Solstice, With Flames and Old Cars
Kage Baker felt Summer was the season for fancy paint jobs on cars. She was an enormous fan and dedicated connoisseuse. She especially adored the flames that are painted on to peel back from the engines of cars – beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged darkness, fires, groves, Highway 1, I-5, kage baker, Solstice
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The Shape of Spring Is Coming
Kage Baker drew enormous encouragement from the yearly amble of the seasons round the horological wheel. “I don’t mean the Circle of Life; that’s a Hallmark sentiment,” she said once, dismissively. “I like the annual movements of the Zodiac, the … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, Equinox, Quarter Days, ritual, Solstice, Spring, time
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Flicker. Flicker. Twinkle. OM …
Kage Baker, as I have mentioned before, loved Christmas lights. I think it had a little to do with her manic adoration of fireworks – coloured sprays of light in the dark super-charged part of her brain. And Christmas lights … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, kage baker, lights, Midwinter, Solstice, Solstice Moose
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Here’s To All of You
Kage Baker believed that the essence of the Winter holiday was home. And light. No matter what you call it, or why, the heart of it is to get as close to home as you can manage; and cherish that … Continue reading
Solstice Night
Kage Baker always observed the quarter days. They’re old, old, old holidays, the solstices and equinoxes; originally of practical use in establishing when to plant and harvest crops, or when we can expect expect the glaciers to move back up the … Continue reading
The Last Night
Kage Baker would be ready, by tonight, to start shutting down for the year. It’s Winter’s Eve, the night before the Solstice. It’s less than a week to Christmas, it’s about the time most offices start closing down for a … Continue reading
Kathleen, Kage and the Company 