I am grateful for our first Friendsgiving at Lazarus House. A dream come true. This is one of the reasons we purchased this property. We wanted a place big enough for feasting….but small enough to fit into our budget. Lazarus house is only 964 square feet; therefore, with such a small house we had to edit down to only that which is absolutely essential. We created one big room to cook, feast and live in. I’m happy to report it performed very well — design goal achieved! We had twenty plus folks inside and outside. It was potluck style and there was no shortage of wonderful food and fix’ns. This is the second Friendsgiving we have helped host, but the first one at our house. It felt so good to have a place to welcome not just our friends, but our neighbors as well. Many of our neighbors didn’t come. Perhaps in this age of virtual meetings, social media and texting instead of talking an embodied meeting with your neighbors is a little too personal. Hopefully in time they will feel comfortable to join us. Having people in our homes is a wonderful way to get past our social barriers and political divides. In time my hope is that our little cluster of households in Central East Austin will learn to feast together and celebrate the simple fact that we are neighbors.
Sampling of deserts from 2022 Friendsgiving