Readers with exceptional memories will recall last week’s analysis of the county’s financial state, but the more sensitive might rather forget. The county, from timber to grapes and from pears to marijuana, does not have…
Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”
Mendocino County’s financial situation is not real good. You may already know this. Everyone does, even the supervisors. Economic convulsions have rocked every industry and business. On one hand the problems are real and dangerous;…
It’s cold, dark, rainy and miserable. It’s Monday, February 16 in Ukiah. I’m stopped at South State and Gobbi Streets peering through heavy drops and slashing wipers and off to my right, hunched under an…
We visit Ukiah’s city park early every morning to walk around with some other people who do the same thing. Exercise, I suppose. Some people bring a dog, and the people who don’t have a…
I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed visiting a museum, but it probably was when I was young and pretentious. I thought if people heard I’d spent the weekend stalking moldy old antique stuff…
Twenty one years ago we bought a new refrigerator over at Pardini Appliance and it was a beaut: retro-style from curved corners to chrome handles, and coated in deep red airplane-grade paint. A Northstar brand…
When I arrived in Ukiah I was a braindead airhead deadhead with little ambition and, thanks to hourly intakes of marijuana fumes, an IQ dropping faster than my ability to fill out paperwork to get…
I’ve started walking my dog down the middle of the street because otherwise I wouldn’t walk my dog at all. Over the decades I’ve had half a dozen dogs, and this one, Sweetie, is the…
Hello, good evening and welcome everyone to our annual celebration of ourselves and our self worth and our goals and achievements. But first of all, to start things off, let’s stand, all of you! —…