This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for March 19, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             This week began with numerous updates on the coronavirus and its effect on our lives, from empty grocery store shelves to a plunging stock market. As I began planning this week’s column, I wanted to […]

This article by Ray Spitzenberger appeared first in IMAGES for March 5, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             The month of March slipped in so quietly that yesterday I thought it was still February! What happened to March as the “Windy Month”? That’s what we learned in elementary school, — “March winds and

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for February 27, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             When we bought our home here in East Bernard about 45 years ago, there were oak trees in the front yard planted by Dr. Schuhmann, who developed this residential area, but no trees in the

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for February 20. 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             Hog headcheese is a delicacy, salivatingly longed for by some of us and disgustedly despised by those who don’t appreciate real gourmet eating. First of all, for those of you not familiar with this culinary

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for February 13, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             When my twin brother and I were kids growing up in Dime Box, Texas, we played “Cowboys and Indians” endlessly, no doubt because the tent show in town every summer showed so many very old

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for February 6, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             February 2 is Groundhog Day, and when Punxsutawney Phil failed to see his shadow this week, folks who swear by such things announced that we would have an early Spring, and with Super Bowl Sunday

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for January 30, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             While plastic hasn’t replaced tin in many areas of general use today, it certainly has invaded the tin market. In the good old days, buckets and wash tubs were made of galvanized steel, that is,

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for January 23, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             The movie, Baby, the Rain Must Fall, screenplay by Horton Foote, based on his three-act stage play, The Traveling Lady, was mostly filmed in Texas, with scenes filmed in Columbus, Bay City, Lockhart, and Wharton,

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for January 16, 2020, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             Words! Words! Words! I have just recently finished my second book, Open Prairies, though it won’t come out until later in 2020, as my daughter, the book designer, has it in her hands now. All