This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for May 28, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             Both when my first daughter was born and when my second daughter was born, I gave out pink, bubblegum cigars (I am philosophically opposed to tobacco products) to everyone I met, and each time the […]

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for May 21, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             All of us are aware that seeing certain things, smelling certain aromas, hearing certain sounds, etc., trigger memories, often long forgotten, as well as warm feelings of nostalgia. What the triggers are depends on the

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for May 14, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas. Our hummingbird feeder has been hanging on a tall rod by the fig tree for a week now, and I’ve seen only one hummer go near it. In fact, I’m not even sure it was a

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for May 7, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas. One of the many things, in my opinion, that makes America such a wonderful place to live, is the preservation of our various ethnicities. Instead of being a “melting pot” of many cultures, we have preserved

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for April 30, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             It’s hard for me to believe that I have been writing for newspapers in East Bernard, first for the Tribune and then for the Express, for 28 years, writing over 1,400 “Images” columns alone, plus

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for April 23, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             My Wendish great grandfather was a tailor in Saxony, Germany. My Wendish grandmother was known for her tiny stitches, her beautiful, hand-pieced quilts, and her superb mastery of the treadle sewing machine. And so was