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Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”

We Begin 2023 With ‘Uhh, Sorry’

I wish all my several readers much happiness in 2023 and at the same time beg forgiveness for my behavior at the AVA’s annual New…

My Christmas Wasn’t Like Yours

How was my Christmas? Have a seat and I’ll tell you all about it. WEATHER: There I was, knee deep in the frozen tundra of…

Cirrhosis Stout, For Those Who Think Young

Following half a century of drinking top quality American beers I’ve lost my bearings and gone rogue. It’s akin to a mid-life crisis where a…

In Search Of Lost Truck

From the time I met him in the 1990s as a one-man stampede through local bars and saloons until they found him dead on his…

Done Writing Before It Starts, Almost

Son Lucas, a fraction of your age and thus able to control the internet the way you control your shower temperature, recently spent a minute…

The Afterlife, Custom-Tailored

Miss Primwood spent more than 40 years in Ukiah schools teaching English to students ranging from the indifferent to the absent.  Hers was a no-nonsense…

Tommy Can You Hear Me?

The ability to hear clearly being the last refuge of a guy clinging desperately to middle age, I ignored, denied and resisted the idea I…

Misspent Years, Squandered Lives

Suppose you were living in Mendocino County in 1972 and suppose that, being young and idealistic, you wanted your life to have meaning. You wanted…

Smoking Kills, But So Does Life

A friend of mine on the Mendocino Coast has tried every recreational drug known to druggies, hippies and doctors, and lots of the prescription meds…

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