Keep the positive energy flowing.
Aug. 24th, 2009 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talkstowolvesReaders of this journal should recognize the name Mia Nutick: she's one of my closest friends, thus quite dear to my heart. She's also an amazing, talented woman who lives up to the phrase she coined-- she is a wicked girl who's saved herself several times over. You may also recognize her as the creatrix of the remarkable chimera_fancies pendants and a writer-contributor to such projects as Ravens in the Library.
Her beloved best friend Ryan is another amazing individual. He is possessed of the same generous heart and warm spirit; he's also a hobbyist photographer, carefully and noticeably improving in skill with each shoot. He's taken some remarkable shots of such subjects as Seanan McGuire, Tricky Pixie, Polidori Chocolates, Chimera Fancies, and Faerieworlds. He even already has a publishing credit under his belt: watch out for his photographs of the 2009 Faerieworlds paired with an article by Mia in the forthcoming issue of Witches and Pagans.
I have been honored to know them both for half a decade now, and they have been so much to me: good friends, beautiful hearts, generous helpmeets. Mia ever the hoodoo engineer*, Ryan ever the bouncy Tanuki. Can you tell that I love them both? And that they are more than deserving of that love?
As it has come to so many in this season, hardship has come to Mia and Ryan.
Their house is being foreclosed on. Their savings are exhausted. Mia is still waiting on her disability to come through, and they're having to pick and choose which basic needs (food, medication, utilities) they can afford each week. They need helping hands, in the flesh, in the heart, and from the pocket.
Here's a bullet-point list lifted froms00j's supportive post:
1. Mia needs help finding storage in Portland for furniture, etc. She doesn't say so explicitly, but I suspect she'll need helpful bodies for hauling and putting said furniture into and taking out of the U-Haul that they now have the means to rent.
2. Magic the golden retriever may need a temporary foster home in Portland until Mia and Liz** can move.
3. I'm betting that Ryan would appreciate help finding a new apartment in town, if anyone knows of good places which are pet-friendly.
4. Mia says "Prayers for my disability approval would be much appreciated as well."
5. Most of us have seen in recent months how every little bit really does help, never more true than in my case. If you've got a little bit, feel free to give it. Mia's Paypal: magnificent.maleficent[at]gmail[dot]com
If you've any help to offer, any at all, please drop Mia and Ryan a donation at the Paypal above or comment with what you can do on Mia's original post. The community I know we are is a supportive and generous one: I hope you'll help support some of our own.
* "The concept of Hoodoo Engineering is defined in Emma Bull's Bone Dance. It helps to read the book for the big picture. Essentially, it means keeping the positive energy flowing within the system -- the system being life. It means doing what needs doing because it needs doing, not for personal gain or reward or recognition. Doing for love. Practicing random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
Hoodoo Engineering is doing a job most people would hate -- say, for example, cleaning toilets -- and doing it with pride and care. Someone has to clean the toilets; they aren't just going to clean themselves. Hoodoo Engineering is leaving an extra big tip on a small tab, just to make the waiter's day. Hoodoo Engineering is holding a small candle against the darkness. Hoodoo Engineering is realizing that love is an active verb, not a fuzzy pink feeling.
It's not a religion, per se...I've known HE's of many different faiths. It's a way of seeing the world and choosing to operate in it." - Mia Nutick, June 2004.
** I have been remiss in not mentioning Liz! Liz is also beloved of Mia, a saucy and courageous woman. She and Mia will be taking part of the Furry Horde to live in their apartment, while Ryan lives with the rest of the Horde in his own place. Hence the need for pet-friendly apartments and perhaps temporary housing of Magic, their golden retriever.
Note: The photograph of Ryan is by Byron Dazey and was taken at the 2008 Faerieworlds on Bad Faerie Day. It is used with permission. The photograph of Mia was taken by Ryan at the 2009 Faerieworlds.
chimera_fancies pendants and a writer-contributor to such projects as Ravens in the Library. Her beloved best friend Ryan is another amazing individual. He is possessed of the same generous heart and warm spirit; he's also a hobbyist photographer, carefully and noticeably improving in skill with each shoot. He's taken some remarkable shots of such subjects as Seanan McGuire, Tricky Pixie, Polidori Chocolates, Chimera Fancies, and Faerieworlds. He even already has a publishing credit under his belt: watch out for his photographs of the 2009 Faerieworlds paired with an article by Mia in the forthcoming issue of Witches and Pagans.
I have been honored to know them both for half a decade now, and they have been so much to me: good friends, beautiful hearts, generous helpmeets. Mia ever the hoodoo engineer*, Ryan ever the bouncy Tanuki. Can you tell that I love them both? And that they are more than deserving of that love?
As it has come to so many in this season, hardship has come to Mia and Ryan.
Their house is being foreclosed on. Their savings are exhausted. Mia is still waiting on her disability to come through, and they're having to pick and choose which basic needs (food, medication, utilities) they can afford each week. They need helping hands, in the flesh, in the heart, and from the pocket.
Here's a bullet-point list lifted from
s00j's supportive post: 1. Mia needs help finding storage in Portland for furniture, etc. She doesn't say so explicitly, but I suspect she'll need helpful bodies for hauling and putting said furniture into and taking out of the U-Haul that they now have the means to rent.
2. Magic the golden retriever may need a temporary foster home in Portland until Mia and Liz** can move.
3. I'm betting that Ryan would appreciate help finding a new apartment in town, if anyone knows of good places which are pet-friendly.
4. Mia says "Prayers for my disability approval would be much appreciated as well."
5. Most of us have seen in recent months how every little bit really does help, never more true than in my case. If you've got a little bit, feel free to give it. Mia's Paypal: magnificent.maleficent[at]gmail[dot]com
If you've any help to offer, any at all, please drop Mia and Ryan a donation at the Paypal above or comment with what you can do on Mia's original post. The community I know we are is a supportive and generous one: I hope you'll help support some of our own.
* "The concept of Hoodoo Engineering is defined in Emma Bull's Bone Dance. It helps to read the book for the big picture. Essentially, it means keeping the positive energy flowing within the system -- the system being life. It means doing what needs doing because it needs doing, not for personal gain or reward or recognition. Doing for love. Practicing random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.Hoodoo Engineering is doing a job most people would hate -- say, for example, cleaning toilets -- and doing it with pride and care. Someone has to clean the toilets; they aren't just going to clean themselves. Hoodoo Engineering is leaving an extra big tip on a small tab, just to make the waiter's day. Hoodoo Engineering is holding a small candle against the darkness. Hoodoo Engineering is realizing that love is an active verb, not a fuzzy pink feeling.
It's not a religion, per se...I've known HE's of many different faiths. It's a way of seeing the world and choosing to operate in it." - Mia Nutick, June 2004.
** I have been remiss in not mentioning Liz! Liz is also beloved of Mia, a saucy and courageous woman. She and Mia will be taking part of the Furry Horde to live in their apartment, while Ryan lives with the rest of the Horde in his own place. Hence the need for pet-friendly apartments and perhaps temporary housing of Magic, their golden retriever.
Note: The photograph of Ryan is by Byron Dazey and was taken at the 2008 Faerieworlds on Bad Faerie Day. It is used with permission. The photograph of Mia was taken by Ryan at the 2009 Faerieworlds.