The Covid 19 toll seems staggering. We spray disinfectant, wipe surfaces, practice social distancing, stay indoors so we can watch lots of TV and listen to news anchors tell us again and again of the…
Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”
You learn things by moving, and the first thing you learn is to never do it again. The second thing is that you don’t have as much money as you thought you did. TIP: Sell…
It is one thing for an indifferent Mother Nature to imperil Ukiah by tossing off random lightning bolts mixed with harsh droughts. It is quite another thing for calculating arsonists to set 113 fires in…
So I semi-temporarily left Ukiah for a town even more dismal, and live on a street with traffic worse than North Dora. Historically I have done my important planning, as in finding a new home,…
TOPIC: Heart Attacks Q: Which one is not like the other two? A: The third one. For me at least. I know for some people the first heart attack is the worst because that’s the…
I bought my first house in 1983, a 2BR 1BA baby on North Oak Street that cost $46,000, roughly $30,000 more than I could afford considering interest rates. Ripped out the green shag living room…
Other than the weather, the homeless and the Giants, the most popular topic in Ukiah is our lack of affordable housing. But unlike the weather, the Giants and our ever-swelling homeless population, at least someone…
Twenty or so years ago those of my generation began reviewing their pensions and plotting their retirements. Anywhere from San Diego to Vermont would do, or from Denver to Mexico. All were potential retirement destination…
There was a time, and some of us remember it, when nightly howls echoed about the neighborhoods of Ukiah, howls intended as loud shouts of support for front line workers in the pandemic of 2020.…