This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, December 1, 2022.                We put up our Christmas tree on Black Friday. Quick and easy because it’s an artificial tree. Until a few years ago, we always put up a “real” tree, bought at Walmart, or a tree farm, or even […]

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, November 24, 2022.                You can go back to the special places and things of long ago, and often they are still there, sometimes just as they used to be. The same gate and fence, a house, a bridge, an old beer

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, November 17, 2022.                One of my granddaughters shared with me that the East Bernard High School Brahmarettes will begin their State Volleyball Playoffs against Buchland in Garland, Texas, the day this column will come out. If they win, they will play

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, November 10, 2022.                Some folks may take issue when I say that November is the color of orange, but there are several reasons why I am saying this, — the main one being the Houston Astros. I am so glad that

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, October 27, 2022.                Halloween, while not my favorite day of “celebration,” seems to be a favorite time for many people, especially youngsters. It has its dark side, from over-consumption of sugar to displaying witchcraft, even if for fun. I would rather

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, 20 October 2022.                Our daughter and our grandbaby are coming from New York for an October visit about the time the Express goes to press, so naturally that’s what has filled the empty halls of my mind and heart. We’re getting

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, 6 October 2022. My wife Peggy has been working on a Christmas stocking for our newest grandbaby’s first Christmas. She’s making good progress, so it should be ready by December.                I did not grow up in a family with a Christmas

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, 22 September 2022.                The slang expression, “I don’t give a fig,” means “I don’t care at all,” and that may be what some of you feel about the subject of today’s column. I will risk your indifference and write about a

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, 15 September 2022.                Queen Elizabeth’s death has touched the hearts of people all over the world. She has always been one of my favorite people, as I have admired her integrity, kindness, strength of character, dedication to duty, sense of humor,

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in Images for East Bernard Express, 1 Sep 2022.           It’s interesting how a memory will briefly flash through your mind. A vision of a cartoon depicting an ostrich with its head buried in the sand just blinked in my mind’s eye. It was a cartoon I originally