After a while it was like being in jail. After a while you quit thinking about having a beer because no matter what, the ice chest is empty, the taps are dry and the guards…
Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”
For many years city administrators have worked, if only by doing nothing, to destroy Ukiah’s history and its most treasured buildings. There may be other, more sanitary explanations for how it has come to be…
My sister lives somewhere over there, a good distance far off, and she and I do not overspend our time keeping the relationship fresh. Petunia (not her real name) lives alone with a 17-year old…
If any inattentive adult has any lingering doubt about the value of Ukiah’s library, some fog-clearing clarity is on its way. Our library, subsidized by everyone, gets additional largesse from dim-witted feel-good patsies who keep…
The most shocking jolt I’ve ever experienced at an onstage performance came in the 1980s at the Ukiah Playhouse. Daughter Emily and I were happily engrossed in ‘Oliver Twist,’ a kid-friendly play with plenty of…
In a lifetime filled with exciting adventures and thrilling escapades, only two have involved nicotine. Both these tobacco-related encounters were also thrilling and exciting, but with an added component of nauseating. And most memorably by…
During my last stretch home in Ukiah I promised myself a leisurely trip out Mountain House Road. I cashed that promise in and left Hopland, heading south. I’ve lived 40 years in Ukiah, and like…