LIFESTYLES

Gardening is great
for rest, relaxation

VOLTAIRE CONCLUDES his
renowned didactic novel Candide
by having his hero state the opi-
nion that, despite the upheavals in
the world outside, ‘‘we must
cultivate our own garden.*’

And, based on experience, Can-
dide should know. Beginning his
adventures ingenuously believing
that ‘tall was for the best in the
best of all possible worlds,’’ in-
volvermnents in an amazing series of
cataclysms, from a shipwreck to
the Spanish Inquisition to the 1755
earthquake in Lisbon, eventually
drove Candide back to his own
private piece of turf, and to the
peace and fulfilment which tending
it offered.

Like Candide, those of us who
observe turmoil in the world
around often turn eagerly to our
gatdens for the relaxation, reas-

surance and even comfort that on-
ly tiring manual labor can bring.

What makes gardening especial-
ly a labor of love is that it bears
fruit, often quite literally, soothes
eye and soul with glories of flowers
grown from seed, pleases the nose
with the fragrance of fresh herbs,
and rewards the palate with
tomatoes, apples, raspberries and a
myriad of other edibles.

A reaffirmation of the life prin-
ciple, visible confirmation that the
barrenness of winter is followed
inevitably by the fecundity of spr-
ing, gardening is also an opportu-
nity to escape into a paradise of
one’s own creation.

And, what could be more ap-
propriate, considering that the very
first Paradise known to
mankind,Eden, was a garden.

Perhaps all the weeding and

Think ‘curvy’
for your home

THINK CURVY for your home —~
not just for your clothes and car —
and you'll be moving toward the
up-and-coming look.

Just as rounded shoulders and
curved-in waists are the newest
looks in fashion, and today’s cars
have rounded sides instead of
square edges, softer and rounder
shapes are becoming increasingly
popular for the home as well.

Upholstered furniture for living
room, den or bedroom tends to
have rounder arms and backs, and
soft cushions. :

Whether your style is modern,
traditional or somewhere in be-
tween, when you add a new piece,
stay away from strict boxy shapes
and hard edges and look for com-
fortable curves,

Even in kitchen appliances the
trend is 10 a softer, rounder shape.

You'll also find a blend of fash-
ion with function in motion fur-
niture such as sofa beds and reclin-
ing chairs. The newest combine
high-style, rounded shapes with
improved, more versatile opera-
tion.

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digging, the pruning and planting,
is an attempt to return there.

Certainly, the children of the
sixties, the hippies, took the phrase
“back to the garden’’ as their
slogan.

Whatever their other aims may
have been, one of their most
cherished goals — still valid almost
20 years Jater -~ was to simplify
life and restore the basic, real
values, of which the love of nature
was paramount.

Today, more people than ever
before are gardening, growing
their own vegetables, and filling
their houses with the overflow
from their flower beds.

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