Bodhinatha arrives home in a few hours after traveling all day. It will be wonderful to have him home again.

The Siddhidata Kulam has boosted their food production in a big way. They are bringing in a rich array of salad greens every day, lettuce, several kinds of chicory and endive. Then on top of that: shushu fruits, snake gourd, ridge gourd, carrots, green beans, kale, swiss chard, pakwan leaves, cabbage, sweet potatoe leaves. All the oranges you could eat, papayas, bananas, mung bean sprouts, occasional cauliflower and broccoli and more!

A beautiful white kitten with lovely marking recently found it’s way to the Aadheenam. He found himself a niche location under the Siddhidata Kulam office trailer. We called him “Hiranya” or “Snow Bear.”

What to do? We could not send him to the humane society as he would be euthanized. And he had never, ever been hurt or abused by anyone and as such has the most gentle and affectionate manners, completely unafraid of humans. You have to be careful because he will run between your feet as you walk. So, of course we just adopted him. But, we have found it best not to keep male cats inside the buildings. But it is chilly now in Hawaii and it can get very rainy, so the Siddhidata Kulam made this “Hiranya Hotel” — “Snow Bear Lodge” for the new member of our family.

It did not take him long to move into his new home to do what cats do best: sleep 18 hours a day.