It’s a small town, after all

A STORY WORTH TELLING

Driving west for an Abilene wedding 20 years ago, I did something that still brings me joy: Taking impromptu detours off the designated route, sometimes to satisfy curiosity and sometimes just to say, “I’ve been there.”

Searching last week for a copy of a relatively new biography of Larry McMurtry reminded me of a detour I made some time ago to Archer City, the hometown of the Pulitzer Prize-winnin…