This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for January 3, 2019, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             Although most Americans and Brits seem to think Christmas begins in late November, it doesn’t. It begins on December 25 and lasts through the evening of January 5, — so dear […]

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for December 27, 2018, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             Finally, we move on from the cedar and fir of Christmas joy and jubilation to the mesquite reality of mundane, even harsh, everyday life. Just about everybody experiences the let-down feeling

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for December 20, 2018, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             It has been noted many times by many people that churches are filled twice a year, — Christmas and Easter. While not all churches have services on Christmas Day, for

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for December 13, 2018, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             The earliest poems created in English were composed by male warriors in beer halls. Beowulf is a case in point. In Anglo-Saxon England, composing and reciting poems about bravery in battle

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for December 6, 2018, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             When my wife and I married, we had about four nondescript lamps, a couple from each of our single-life apartments, and mostly desk lamps. Shortly after we moved into our permanent

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for November 29, 2018, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             November ends in two days, and then the “Magic Month” begins. The month of December seems to ring everybody’s chimes, whether it’s Christians looking forward to celebrating the birth of the

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for November 22, 2018, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             According to Bloomberg News, Millennials are buying smaller turkeys for Thanksgiving than their parents or grandparents did, — like turkeys that weigh five or six pounds.  The majority of folks are

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for November 15, 2018, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             “Let it snow, let it snow!” Dean Martin, on the Dean Martin Christmas Album in1966, described a snow that kept falling – “Man it doesn’t show signs of stoppin’.” Obviously, the

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for November 15, 2018, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             “Let it snow, let it snow!” Dean Martin, on the Dean Martin Christmas Album in1966, described a snow that kept falling – “Man it doesn’t show signs of stoppin’.” Obviously, the