Up till this point, the formal workshop had not begun. The foundation would be prepared prior to the workshop’s start. One day, the early arrivals were given the chance to take an oyster mushroom cultivation workshop. That was fun. The process involved steaming rice straw, packing bags full of it, adding mycelium, and tying them off.
Life at CI continued to be peaceful and enjoyable, going out to community dinners, having random guests drop in, and taking in the scenery.
My friend Anirudh and I went to Kathmandu the weekend before the workshop began. It had been about a month since I’d been at CI. It was nice to have the amenities of a big city. The first stop back was at a Thai restaurant (Krau Thai). The banana pudding there, served warm with fresh coconut milk, was amazing!
We stayed at the eccentric Yog hostel. The rooftop had a restaurant/ bar with a panoramic view of the city. I did some snack shopping and spent some time at Boudhanath stupa, the biggest stupa in the world. I got to sit in on some monks chanting. That took me to a deep peaceful place.
We hitched a ride back to Takure with the new arrivals. It was exciting to have new people on the land. It’s been a week since their arrival. We have been busy setting the foundational bags, and building up 7 ground rings. The mornings continue to be busy with manual labor. We have a theory class after lunch, and then head back to work till 4:30pm. We have dinner and socialize in the evenings. The groups splits up cooking and cleaning duties.
We continue to have community dinners once a week. This week, we were invited to a local Nepali wedding reception.
The dome is coming along quickly, we are about half way done. We should be done with it in 5 days.
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