Due to the delight of my son’s upcoming wedding to a girl from Boerne, Texas, we were able to stretch several days of wanderings, musings, and refreshments into a research trip to Comfort. Though I write fictional stories set there, the town of Comfort, Texas is quite real. They’d be miffed if you thought otherwise. Visiting the library, some of the shops that sell my books (and show up in the stories,) and meeting new friends all rolled into one long week that refreshed my senses.
The house we rented for the week had an endless view of the valley between two hills and the far distant lights of Boerne, Texas. Deer, cats, and chickens roamed the few acres and our perch from weathered rocking chairs was an ideal seat on the comings and goings. We visited nature centers in Boerne and Kerrville, spent a delicious few hour or so on the porch of the Dodging Duck, and celebrated becoming co-in-laws with the fiancee’s parents at Peggy’s on the Green. Of the many shops I popped in and out of, Bechant’s on Main Street in Boerne was a jewel box (like a mini-Neiman-Marcus.)
I’ll attach a few photos here, so you can see why I’m inspired by the Texas Hill Country, and hope to roll out a new novel (the 4th in the series!) set in Comfort.
