Thomas Wolf, the author who insisted that we can’t go home again, got it wrong. One can indeed do so, but “home” may hardly be recognizable, and/ or – truth to tell – noticeably improved.It’s a two-hour drive from our Metroplex home to Brownwood, our hometown, so our visits there have dwindled.Age has something to do with it. With 85 near at hand, inclinations to visit points in any direction lessen, and wherever we are at a given moment seems like the right place to be.Two major reasons to visit are compelling, however. Sometimes there are goings-on at Howard Payne ...