When the Great Depression put Plennie Wingo’s bustling Abilene cafe out of business, he tried to find fame, fortune, and a sense of meaning the only way he knew how: by embarking on an audacious trip around the world on foot. In reverse.
Abilene
An Abilene man wants to know what our brew-lovin' columnist thinks of the mania for newfangled Texas ales.
In the midst of a cold, wet winter, an Abilene woman longs for the dog days of August.
I never knew my father, a decorated World War II pilot who died before I was born. But a trek at age 67 to the site where his airplane crashed brought me closer to him than I’d ever dared hope.
Craft beer, artisanal cocktails, and industrial chic: Abilene is finally ready for its close-up.
An old cemetery. A deserted crossroads. A ghostly reflectionor a figment of our imagination? On the trail of a West Texas mystery.
