Mutual aid Shed Build & Fall Potluck

Come help build a little roadside micro-shed at the front of the house to give away household items, food, and free stuff to the neighborhood. We’ll turn a simple drawing into reality, then throw a red-checker tablecloth on the table and roast s’mores while folktronic plays.

Vibe: Lesbians with tape measures, cider, power tools, and big kindness energy. This is a smorgasbord, un-hosted gathering of peers — zero pressure, come for all or part of it.

Agenda:

• 3pm onward: Shed build (hand tools, know how to use a saw)

• ~6pm: Campfire in the backyard, potluck dinner, roasted veggies & tofu, downtempo music, and real talk about how we can be kinder in a scary world

• Wrap by 9pm

  
  

Bring (if you want):

• A dish to pass for potluck

• Camp chair

• Donations for the Free Stuff Shed

  
  

Donations accepted to help cover materials for the shed.

This is inspired by the simple, strategic kindness in Everything Everywhere All at Once — building something useful for the community when the world feels heavy. Come build with us.

All are welcome. Especially queer, trans, neurospicy, and community-minded folks.

Context: Twice in my life I've had a little tote outside my house which I and others would put free things in for people to pick up and swap from. Each week I would collect things from my adventures and what others would give me — take a picture and post an update on Buy Nothing Groups or local swap groups. It became a bit of a game around town. Now I own a house, I'm going to upgrade from this tote to a small farmers stand–sized shed at the front of my house between the driveway and sidewalk. Should I be spending resources on this project while I need to get my own home renovations done? No… But am I building this because the world feels really scary right now and I don't really know what to do, so I'm going to do what the great parable of a movie Everything Everywhere All at Once says — Be Kind — https://youtu.be/YEg4gylAIk8?si=wB52PBHZrZIioNBV "When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I've learned to survive through everything. I know you see yourself as a fighter. Well, I see myself as one too. This is how I fight… The only thing I do know is that we have to be kind. Please, be kind. Especially when we don't know what's going on."