Category: Diana Ingram

Oh, I know, you still probably have Thanksgiving leftovers in your fridge, but the race to Christmas is on, even if we are not ready. Now I do know people, wise people, that have been purchasing gifts all year. And on sale, no...

For me, gratitude is thankfulness on steroids. This time of year, I can feel it from the tips of my toes to the top of my head. There were times I did not understand the fortunes of life I had been blessed with. There were...

If you can hear the sound of cheers echoing from Los Banos, it is probably the voices of the Alzheimer’s Support Group cheering about once more being the top team in Merced County’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. This is the eighth...

Oh the depths of October, which spans history, controversy, social issues and taking a stand as leaves change colors across the land. While trick-or-treating lingers in the air, everyone will have to wait another week. Most of...

Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill’s “September Song” (“Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December / But the days grow short / When you reach September”) is a song I’ve heard all my life. In fact, I’m sure I first heard it...

I will meet you on the downside. From here, it can only be up. What does not break us makes us stronger. Nothing is so good or so bad that it lasts forever. I have fallen and cannot get up. In every dark cloud, there is a silver...

Last week, I attended my great-grandson Grayson’s (son of Jessica and Ricky Abejuela) first birthday party. It was another sweltering day in Los Banos, one of many steaming days this summer, which seems to be on steroids. The...

July 2024 has already made a lot of noise besides the fireworks we heard on the Fourth of July. Like us, as we grow older, America has had its share of growing pains. In reality, our entire world is suffering from growing pains,...

Decades ago, Ella Fitzgerald’s song “Heat Wave” was a huge hit and could’ve been written today, as our nation is currently under a heat dome with a record-breaking heat wave. This wave is hitting our beloved Central Valley...

The memory of Father’s Day still lingers like the scent of the barbecues many fathers cooked to celebrate their day. Fathers come in all colors of the rainbow and can range from strictly paternal fathers to down-to-earth dads...

Life is a series of sunsets and sunrises. While many of us were planning fun activities for the long Memorial Day weekend, celebrating the unofficial first day of summer, many of our fellow Americans are also deep in the world...