#83 – April 30, 2019 – A Rose Garden!

Dear Friends,   The first planting of the year in the ISHA Wisconsin dera garden was four rose bushes. Roses are one of the most beautiful, traditional, and fragrant flowers that can be planted in a garden. Our rose garden Read more

#82 – April 26, 2019 – The Dera Dumper!

Dear Friends,   As the 2019 seva season gets underway at Ishwar’s dera project in Wisconsin, there will be lots of things to move … including some very heavy things. Things like lumber, dirt, windows, gravel, trees, cement, sheds, rebar, Read more

#81 – April 19, 2019 – Water Everywhere!

Dear Friends, The variety of April weather at Ishwar’s project in Wisconsin has been amazing. Cold, warm, wet, cold again, snowy, warm again, rainy, cool, and now warming and drying.    Here are some photos from the last week of Read more

#80 – April 12, 2019 – Lofty Windows!

Dear Friends, One of the tasks this week at Ishwar’s construction project in Wisconsin was to install four, large, sliding, clerestory windows above the greenhouse on the ISHA Maintenance Shed. These windows will allow light and air into the upper-level Read more

#79 – April 8, 2019 – A Great Burst of Activity!

Dear Friends,   Following the Bhandara Event, there has been a great burst of seva activity on Ishwar’s Dera construction project in Bruce, Wisconsin!   As the 2019 work season opened on the Maintenance Shed & Greenhouse, dozens of volunteers Read more

#77 – March 2, 2019 – A Record-Breaking Winter!

Dear Friends, It’s been an unusual winter at Ishwar’s construction project site in Bruce, Wisconsin. Record-breaking high temperatures, then record-breaking winter rains, then some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded, and finally, record-breaking snowfall.   November and December were warmer Read more

#76 – December 28, 2018 – Early Winter Scenes!

Dear Friends,   As Wisconsin slips into the early winter season, the blog turns to the pictures of local photographer Susanne Schroeder. Susanne has spent many years exploring the countryside in and around Ishwar’s dera site in Bruce, Wisconsin. Enjoy Read more

#74 – December 11, 2018 – The Words of Sevadars!

Dear Friends, Nearly 250 of Ishwar’s friends performed volunteer work (seva) at the ISHA construction site in Bruce, Wisconsin in 2018. Some of these sevadars spent weeks — and even months! — on ISHA’s summer projects. There were jobs suitable Read more

#73 – December 7, 2018 – Ready for Winter!

Dear Friends,   The last construction project of the year on Ishwar’s building site in Wisconsin was to winterize the partially built Maintenance Shed & Greenhouse.   This part of Wisconsin is renowned for its winter storms, and it’s not Read more

#72 – November 27, 2018 – The Shed Walls!

Dear Friends, As the building season in Wisconsin ended, volunteer workers had one last task to complete on Ishwar’s construction project. Now that the roof was on, the four sides of the Maintenance Shed had to be sealed for the Read more

#71 – November 13, 2018 – The Shed Roof!

Dear Friends, After the rain stopped, a handful of volunteers only had a few days to install the metal roof and seal the rest of the building in advance of the Wisconsin winter.   The first job was to remove Read more

#70 – November 5, 2018 – Let It Rain!

Dear Friends, Although activity at Ishwar’s construction project in Wisconsin slowed after mitti-seva day, work continued on several other projects — in spite of the relentless rain! The primary project continues to be the ISHA Maintenance Shed, but workers also Read more

#64 – September 21, 2018 – Mitti Seva Tents!

Dear Friends, ISHA’s annual Mitti Seva event will be held on Monday, and preparations are well underway at the Meeting Hall Dome site in Bruce, Wisconsin.   Last year, the sevadars walked up the Hill to visit the large excavation Read more