This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for May 12, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             The six weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day should be a good time to consider the needs of children and the joys and difficulties of “rearing” children. (In the wonderful little rural elementary school I attended, […]

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES, May 5, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas. Throughout my childhood I was very close to my maternal, Wendish grandparents. They followed my life journey with great love and caring. My grandfather especially, a bright, self-educated man, was very happy that my brother and I enrolled

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES, April 28, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.           Changing batteries twice this week in my portable knee, shoulder, and neck vibrator triggered my awareness of how dependent we are on batteries and battery power. That awareness didn’t even include my wife and I re-charging the batteries

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in April 21, IMAGES for East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.                Now that I am no longer in the pulpit regularly (in fact, not at all anymore), the major church festivals, like Christmas and Easter, come and go in an eye blink, or so it seems. However,

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for April 14, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.                No doubt the younger generation gets tired of hearing the older generation tell them how our attitude or philosophy in the past made life better than it is now. I have been “guilty” of that, especially

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES, for April 7, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.                When I first started teaching classes in speech at Wharton County Junior College many years ago, most colleges, including WCJC, offered more than one speech course. I not only taught Public Speaking and Business Speech regularly,

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for March 31, 2022, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.       As I quickly skimmed through the news stories on Fox News Digital this morning, a news item grabbed my attention.  It was a story about a university in Hackettstown, New Jersey, Centenary College, offering

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for March 17, 2022, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.       My youngest daughter in New York could have her baby any time now, even before I finish writing this column.  We are sending her the baby quilt my mother (her grandmother) made for her when she

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for March 10, 2022, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.             As my wife and I have grown older, we have had to scale down our yard maintenance. No longer able to work flower beds and keep the bushes trimmed, I had to turn most of

This article by Ray Spitzenberger first appeared in IMAGES for March 3, 2022, East Bernard Express, East Bernard, Texas.       A friend of my friend paints landscapes on old hand saws and on other “antique” objects.  These saw paintings are sold for home decor, and many are quite eye-catching.  I suppose most folks