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I Am The Handmaiden of Entropy

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Kate

Kage Baker never understood, or approved of, why the various Solstices and Equinoxes changed their actual dates year by year. In her nonstandard mind, those pivot points of the calendrical year fell on the 21st of their respective months – … Continue reading →

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The Joys of Weather Cycles

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Kate

Kage Baker would be so delighted with the weather this year. Our late, wet Spring is slowly maturing into a sweet Summer, as full of mild dawns and dew falls as any story we read as children. The air is … Continue reading →

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Soft Spring Evening In A Hard Time

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Kate

Kage Baker kept a sharp, albeit distant, eye on the world. Writers have to, unless they are solely writing fan fiction or some niche genre completely unrelated to human behaviour. Pony parties, maybe. Illustrative parables concerning drywall. The history of … Continue reading →

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Pupae

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Kate

Kage Baker always said she could feel her blood thinning in the Spring, thickening in the Fall. I always said that was nice poetry but lousy biology; but as Kage also believed for most of her life that raw potatoes … Continue reading →

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Migraines and Spring

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker suffered from migraines all her life. They were perfectly awful at times – the kind where the sufferer gives serious consideration to sawing their own head off, or taking a  drill to her temple … she always claimed … Continue reading →

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Spring And Friday

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker loved Fridays. She imprinted on weekends very early in life, long before Fridays and Mondays became the school-arbitrated doorwards for the Country of Weekends. Friday meant the next day was Saturday, and that meant morning cartoons! Kage in … Continue reading →

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The Shape of Spring Is Coming

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Kate

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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Days, Quarter Days, Cross-Quarter Days. And Saturday.

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker always reverently observed the Quarter Days, the 4 great horological linchpins of the astronomical year. Two Solstices, two Equinoxes – tidy and convenient. Everybody knows about these; all calendars show them, evening newscasters announce their coming to the  … Continue reading →

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The Season Is Changing Into Something

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was a staunch supporter of California’s seasons. She knew the rest of the country mocks us for their lack, or for their oddity – she did not agree, though, and would explain at length, to the seasonally insensitive, … Continue reading →

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The Calm Before

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker regarded February as the last month of peace in any new year. It was usually the last stretch of time we had to sleep late and wander around,  before our annual activities would rev up. That’s because for, … Continue reading →

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