March 2021

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for March 25, 2021, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             Can three lines say it all?             Not everybody agrees with what makes up good writing. Years ago, when I taught English, the motto I shared with students was, “Don’t say in twelve words what […]

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for March 18, 2021, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             Springtime triggers memories of my parents who were excellent gardeners. If they were still alive, they would not like my referring to them as “excellent gardeners”; they would think calling them “gardeners” was too “highfalutin,”

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for March 4, 2021, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             Since two of my newspaper columns, one about accordion music and polka bands and the other one mentioning New Braunfels accordionist, Isaak Klaus, I have received overwhelmingly positive responses, including phone calls, from my readers.

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for February 25, 2021, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             When I first began writing my column some thirty years ago for the old East Bernard Tribune (now, Express), I decided to call it “Images,” for several reasons. Ideas came to me in the form