By Gardening Grandma 
Most everyone I spoke with today was putting the finishing touches on holiday preparation: Slicing the brisket...making the kugel...ironing the tablecloth...arranging the flowers.

With all that is out of the way, I found two hours to sit outside in my garden, enjoying the warmth of a fall sun and doing some private soul-searching in advance of tonight's erev worship. I found myself letting go of the anxiety I'd been feeling all day as the market dropped and Congress failed to pass the bailout passage--and instead feeling deeply grateful for my health and the health of my family and friends.  

No one knows what the new year will bring, but I am confident I will continue to find balance in the joys my garden gives me.

And so, before the sun sets, Shanah tovah. May it be a good year for you. 

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