a quick note.

we are in washington d.c.
i'm in a coffee shop, it took a long while to finally find one with fair trade coffee as starbucks are in abundance and this neighborhood has little local ethical shops. but found one!

it would be boresome if i listed the details of our last few days, but absolutely has been such a wonderful time with my travel friends. i love them.

yesturday we visited the simple way, and really would rather tell people about the community in person, so call me for a tea when i get home! but did have lunch with shane c. and company in their living room and was a wonderful 'simple' experience of cleaning the streets and chatting with some of the neighbors. it's surreal to have read irresistable a couple years ago and the minds eye create something very similar to reality. i am processing, and will be doing a lot more, of how what we've been seeing on this trip is relevent to our culture in calgary and to what application.

and about to go meet jim wallis and get my volunteer training on. it's hot in dc, 32 celcius right now!