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  • South Texas Justice 5-2-14
    One of Navarro County’s most respected attorneys and a great teller of tales shared this story.

  • Elephantine Memories 3-2-14
    All parades are exciting but nothing beats a circus going down a hometown street.

  • Small Town Rumors 6-2-13
    Snake stories in Texas are hardly rare. One story, however, deserves recounting.

  • A G.I. Joe Christmas 11-29-12
    Years ago, G. I. Joe and his military buddies were a passion of our oldest son West...

  • Small Perfection 7-9-12
    "A large, old black dog showed up on my sister Joanne’s doorstep, thirsty and hot."

  • Rope Walker 6-17-12
    In the old Hebrew Cemetery in Corsicana, Texas is a headstone with only two words on it, “Rope Walker.” Almost nothing is known of the man in the grave except the manner of his death...



  • World War II
    George Olsson Short
    (1920-2003)

    Edited by Dianne West Short
    Surviving
    Chapter Three
    Surviving WWII, and Arriving Home
    How his soldier brother became his savior and how he managed to get home to a post-war Texas life

    3-15-13
    World War II
    Chapter Two
    From Hitting Homers to Hitting the Hun
    and a Face-off with Gen. Patton
    A Personal Account of the Battle at Remagen Bridge

    10-6-12
    Zola
    Chapter One
    My Father Zola
    Baseball, Love and a Love of Baseball


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