While we are waiting to hear when our gardening orientation will start, I find myself in a state of anticipation and reflection. A good friend commented that like the yoga class that I am also beginning, gardening is going to be a big stress reliever--I forgot that could be a dimension of gardening.  

An interesting fact - The University of Chicago Medical Center sent a bulletin that included a snippet about those who live longest in the U.S.  According to this particular study, they are the people who either are farmers or who grew up on a farm. There are many generations of farming on my father's side and a good deal of longevity--his Mom lived to be 100. Maybe I’ll feel a small ancestral tug when I’m working out there on my little plot!