eugene

maitreya ecovillage, whom i had called from corvallis and gotten the okay from, since i hadn't found anyone else to stay with. maitreya had been mentioned to me by a woman at twin brooks farm, the first place i stayed.
i did various little things on the grounds there to help out, though not much around food production. one night i made dinner and brought a few folks together in an impromptu potluck. the last morning there i tidied up their strawbale community house.
this place is really rad, but would benefit from more action in food production and maintaining the common buildings and landscape.

when i packed up to go i decided to leave the bible i had been given in the little room where i'd spent those couple nights. i didn't feel like carrying it on my bicycle and thought maybe someone else would appreciate having it more.

highlights from eugene:

-most awesome natural food store, sundance. also had a great experience dancing to 'digable planets' in the smaller natural food store near where i was staying, where i went to get some yogurt late the first night in town.

- grassroots garden

-camaraderie with other meditators. we didn't meditate together, but i connected with three beautiful souls who currently practice.

-a singing circle i went to my last night there. so uplifting!