Fredericksburg

One of the reasons that I am sitting on the porch writing today is that my lovely bride is off with a group of women friends to Fredericksburg in the Hill Country. She abandons me like this once a year, and leaves me to my own devices. Or rather, she pretends to leave me to my own devices. You see, if I was really left to my own devices I would never leave the house. But she makes sure that someone calls me and makes be go out to dinner or something foolish like that.