photos from my last trip
The first community that we visited was Reba Place Fellowship, in Evanston, IL
talkin to one of you out there probably
some fine people right here!
mmm, potlucks. Peggy was our hostess. She is amazing!
more of some of the finest folks that you could ever meet.
The Patch is where a lot of the younger folks in the community live. One of their main focus is sustainibility. They're really into things like gardening, canning, composted kitchen waste, composting toilets, biking...and things like that.
got applesauce?
gotta love compost toilets!
The Recyclery is a bike co-op that the patch runs where they rehab bike for local kids and also to sell for fund raisers. most of it was in good working order besides this shot.
we stopped by JPUSA for the day and to my pleasant suprise Connie was visiting too and was able to give us the tour
pardon the profanity, but I thought this stencil was pretty great
We crashed at Mike's for a night. He's pretty much the nicest guy that you could ever meet.
In New York I stayed with my friends Derek and Neil, and made some new friends too. They live in a vaccant warehouse with no heat. I talked about it in an earlier myspace blog if you wanna read about it.
bible study and worship the first night we were there...
The "Jewish Love Tabernacle" where we kept warm
oh yeah...they didnt have working toilets at that time either, but they just got them in
getting some clothes on after waking up...it was FREEZING (probably about 20 degrees inside)
Derek, Neil and I in Central Park, Manhattan
more central park goodness
Sunset in Brooklyn
These are the beds
Every Community ought ot have a library, right? even if its in a freezing cold, vaccant warehouse.
Neil with a bagel...we ate about 6 per day on average...no joke! Its like the only good dumpster around!
I was pleasantly suprised to see my favorite MPLS street artist up in NYC. Gotta love the colors!
We went to the Catskill Mountains to visit one of the Bruderhof Communities. Theyre an anabaptist community that traces its roots back to germany in the 20's. Theyre some of the most incredible people, always full of suprises!
eating at the dining hall our last day their. This is an event open to the public
This is the giant building that they live in
mmmm, carrot!
So we got in the van with these kids to take us to the train station to get back to the city. We had the biggest suprise of the trip when they played their music cassete that they wanted to listen to. They put in the tape and out of the stereo came Tupac! and they rapped every single word. what the heck!
Solar powered building
All of the hot water that the 300 person community uses is heated through these solar energy tubes.
Hydroponic greenhouse used to grow lettuce...these folks aint quite like the amish in every area of life!
I was able to see Charity and say goodbye to her on her last evening as a Psalter
Next stop Washington DC, where we hung out with Nathans friend from Sojouners. We also walked around the capitol and went to the smithsonian and stuff.
I'll admit...pretty cheesy, but we couldnt resist
good old phallic symbols...they can't resist building them
Apparently we missed a huge peace march by one week. Some of our friends were there. I thought this was kinda neat.
We found this license plate to be a little absurd
Pilgrim!
Nathan and Chris, who was soooooo nice. He's Jim Wallis's secratary over at sojourners.
After DC we stayed at the "choose you own adventure house" in Philly, where my former housemate Josh lives.
HoMiEs 4 LyFe, FoOl...yep, that was lame...but this is Josh, who's not lame.
Philly row houses, pretty standard. I think I'd lose my mind!
Chico's mural over at the Simple Way
Last, but certainly not least...Camden, NJ, My new home away from home
Im pretty sure that the folks in my house put this here...its in an abandoned lot right by my house
Say hello to Logan, my new roommate. Hes really awesome.
Ninja Abagail fighting the evil forces of winter
Shane and Melissa working in the kitchen at the family reunion
Jesce came all the way from Minneapolis and I was very happy to have some family at the family reunion :)
Jeremy and Abagail in the den
Sacred Heart, the Catholic Church that owns our house and that we partner with
The big black bus that lives in my driveway
My lovely house, also known as the camden house, also known as the blueberry house
Nate and I saying farewell and thank you for watching. I hope that you've enjoyed this short presentation of the past month of our lives.
and now Im off to work on the zine describing our trip. That should be done around easter time probably.