Tommy Wayne Kramer

Writer at Ukiah Daily Journal

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Assignment: Ukiah- At the cemetery of lost saloons

1 week ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

News that Dick’s Bar in the very quaint Village of Mendocino has closed down surprised me only because I had assumed it had disappeared a decade or more ago, transformed into an art gallery, a real estate office or a vape shop. Everywhere, bars are nearly extinct. The Forest Club is the last true bar […] Originally Published: April 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM PDT
The Game Is Rigged

1 week ago | theava.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

It’s not easy being you and me, especially when we look around and see what a breeze of a bowl of cherries life is for rich cats and poor dudes. And their wives and old ladies. `Think of it: When the alarm goes off at 5:45 in the a.m. us worker bees have to wake up, get out of bed, drag a comb across our head(s) and face two hours of freeway commute, then eight hours slogging away at soul-deadening jobs with no pensions, no glamour, no respect.
Pass On The Mac-N-Cheese

2 weeks ago | theava.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

In California ‘foodies’ are snooty sorts who browse their tiny plates of wild-sourced, shade grown servings of French herbs with Peruvian potatoes on the side and a delicate sauce applied with an eyedropper. They sip Calabria juice and drive vehicles made anywhere but the USA. In North Carolina “foodies” are people who like to eat food, and boy do they. They drive Ford F-150s.
Assignment: Ukiah- The game is rigged

2 weeks ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

It’s not easy being you and me, especially when we look around and see what a breeze of a bowl of cherries life is for rich cats and poor dudes. And their wives and old ladies.`Think of it: When the alarm goes off at 5:45 in the a.m. us worker bees have to wake up, […] Originally Published: April 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM PDT
Assignment: Ukiah- Pass on the mac ‘n’ cheese

3 weeks ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

In California “foodies” are snooty sorts who browse their tiny plates of wild-sourced, shade grown servings of French herbs with Peruvian potatoes on the side and a delicate sauce applied with an eyedropper. They sip Calabria juice and drive vehicles made anywhere but the USA.In North Carolina ”foodies” are people who like to eat food, […] Subscribe to continue reading this article. Originally Published: March 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM PDT
A Giant Strides Among Us

3 weeks ago | theava.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

The time will come, though you and I will not be present to witness it, when most everything about our era is forgotten, just as we’ve forgotten most everything about the semi-distant past. Unbelievable as it may seem, there will come a day when no one will know anything about the Super Bowl, Dr. Jonas Salk, the Spice Girls or Johnnie LeMaster. Seems impossible, doesn’t it?
Assignment: Ukiah- A giant strides among us

1 month ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

The time will come, though you and I will not be present to witness it, when most everything about our era is forgotten, just as we’ve forgotten most everything about the semi-distant past. Unbelievable as it may seem, there will come a day when no one will know anything about the Super Bowl, Dr. Jonas Salk, the Spice Girls or Johnnie LeMaster. Seems impossible, doesn’t it?
Man Without A Team

1 month ago | theava.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

The sun is out, the skies are blue and we’re deep into Spring Training. But I live here in Mudville, and there is no joy in baseball 2025. ‘Twas not always thus. There was a time (more like 70 times) in my life that this was my favorite time of the year. Although it was cold, snowy and miserable in Cleveland, I was getting three daily dispatches from Tucson, Arizona, mis-informing me about the Tribe’s prospects for the coming season.
Assignment: Ukiah-Man without a team

1 month ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

The sun is out, the skies are blue and we’re deep into Spring Training. But I live here in Mudville, and there is no joy in baseball 2025. ’Twas not always thus. There was a time (more like 70 times) in my life that this was my favorite time of the year. Although it was cold, snowy and miserable in Cleveland, I was getting three daily dispatches from Tucson, Arizona, mis-informing me about the Tribe’s prospects for the coming season.
Get A Dog, Improve Two Lives

1 month ago | theava.com | Tommy Wayne Kramer

When people get old they start getting rid of stuff. Thus we have warehouses full of china place settings and volumes of National Geographic (“Every issue from 1953 to October, 2024, free to good home!”) sufficient to last a lifetime and a century or two beyond. Going hand-in-hand with offloading debris accumulated over the decades is a reluctance to acquire anything. Everyone is afraid of getting a dog. I know these old people. I am these old people.