helping hand (auction)

Paper crane made and photographed for 1000 Cranes for Japan

I, like so many others, have been watching the footage from Japan this past week with a lump in my throat. It's incomprehensible, while watching aerial video of a massive wall of water moving across the landscape, to even wrap our heads around the scale of such a disaster. And then the stories start to offer the human perspective - the grief of family and friends lost, the heroes, the survivors.

And as always I wonder what I can do, other than offer awkwardly worded prayers, drop-in-the-bucket donations to worthy organizations, and sending good wishes along with thousands of others.

I've been slowly getting a website of my photography together over the past few months. It's not ready yet and I was going to host a giveaway once the site was ready to launch, but I didn't want to wait any longer.  In the hopes of using what I *can* do to raise a little something for the relief efforts in Japan, I'd like to offer an 11x14 Fracture-mounted print of one of my photographs for auction.

fence in grass by kim thompson-steel

If you would like to bid on "Fence in Grass", please leave a comment with your bid amount, increasing previous bids by at least $2. (If you don't want to bid, but would like to leave a comment anyway, that's okay too!) Bidding will close by midnight PST this Sunday, March 20. I will match the winning bid up to $200 and will donate the entire amount to the Red Cross.

Please include an email address or contact info with your bid. If you'd like to bid anonymously, please email it to me at moseyalong [at] live [dot] com and I will add it to the comments.  Check back often to ensure you haven't been outbid!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.  

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