t has been another eventful and plentiful week here in the forest. Spring is teasing with warm and sunny days, green budding trees, blossoms and yellow coatings of pollen on every hostel surface. There was an abundance of raw, organic cocoa goodies as two ladies from Asheville’s UliMana came through sharing the benefits of their homemade vegan superfoods. Ms Katie Mac celebrated a birthday and a belated throw in the pool as groom-to-be Papillon rolled in on Thursday. Saturday had many hostelers and staff fasting in preparation for their late evening Sweat Lodge Ceremony which ended just as the rest of us huddled round a fire playing mad-libs and telling stories of monkeys, pools in the sky and mirrored lovers. Some new hostel regalia has appeared as we begin to test our homemade silk screening kit and our kitchen has been turning out every form of banana-included dish you can think of. With a large donation of bananas from our local Pumpkin Patch we’ve been munching on banana bread, nanana ice-cream, banana heart shaped cake, dehydrated bananas and smoothies smoothies smoothies which are all 100% vegan and 100% scrumptious. Our tree houses are full, our bellies are full and our hearts are oh so full.

May the Forest Be With You

The Hostel Staff