Weekly Update 06/27/2010
Posted June 27th, 2010
The Hostel Staff
Weekly Update 06/20/2010
Posted June 20th, 2010
This weekend was a celebration of Dad, the creative force that brought us into the world. At the same time we celebrate our mother earth who is experiencing the longest days in the year as the northern hemisphere rides through the solstice of summer. Our secret garden is busting at the seams as we harvest homegrown, love-filled veggies daily. We have the largest cukes i’ve ever seen, the yellowest squash, onions, okra, corn waiting in the wings, watermelon peeking through under lush leaves, edamame pods ready for steaming and salting, tomatoes too green but toppling, and garlic garlic garlic.
With the understanding of the revolution in growing food and watching the magic of a seed becoming such nutritious and magnificent fruit it is a blessing to produce meals at the hostel with food that has traveled just a few hundred yards to the table, not the average two thousand miles from farms we don’t know the names of. We also know all the ingredients that have aided the plant’s growth and have watched every step of the plant’s life. Whether you are growing food on a plot in your back yard, in a community garden, or in a pot on your apartment window ledge it is wonderful to enjoy the rewards of your personal labor and tendering and I can say happy chomping. May the Forest Be With YouThe Hostel Staff
Weekly Update 06/14/2010
Posted June 14th, 2010
Though the oily letters B and P have become rather unpopular round this forest there seems to be a lot of hope in the letters L-O-V-E. Though the heat of the summer continues to lazy the afternoons we are living the effects of compassion and positivity at the hostel. Whether it’s a conversation with a stranger that immediately feels like family or the sudden influx of helpers in the kitchen just when dinner crunch time rolls in, it is clear that this space offers a fantastic opportunity to share knowledge and ideas about how we can personally affect change.
The Hostel in the Forest is many things for many people but one thing that I hope remains constant, as the prices of oil go up and down, is that this is a center at which powerful ideas can be spawned, solid relationships can be established, resolutions can be realized and a continuous effort remains to better, to improve quality of life by becoming more responsible for our own happiness, wellbeing, health and that of the earth which gives us our breath. May the Forest Be With YouThe Hostel Staff
Weekly Update 06/07/2010
Posted June 7th, 2010
The Hostel Staff
