CASEY FARTHING
Bio
Casey Farthing is a professional zookeeper as well as a published writer on environmental issues and animal welfare. He has a tendency to see the humor in all things and you can often find him writing at his non-profit animal sanctuary.
Stories (11/0)
How To Start A 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation And Become Tax Exempt
Thinking About Starting a Non-Profit Organization? Starting a non-profit is a huge undertaking. It's a noble goal and an incredibly fulfilling thing to do, but it also needs to be said that it carries with it a massive amount of work, heartaches, headaches, and a good deal of up front cost to boot. It is not something to be taken lightly, so you'll definitely want to be sure that it's right for you.
By CASEY FARTHING9 months ago in Education
A Day In The Mist: Prologue & Chapter One
Prologue: The End Begins It's always better to end with a bang. Isn't that how the saying goes? It's supposed to imply that an ending should be spectacular, the star of the show so that the audience feels they got their money's worth.
By CASEY FARTHING10 months ago in Fiction
Starting Fresh - A Random Pieces Introspective On Life's Downfalls
An Introduction When we get knocked down, we get up again. Or so the song goes. But realistically, it's not exactly simple to just "get back up" when life knocks your legs out from under you. We've all experienced this, some of us perhaps more often or more seriously than others, but in some form everyone has had the wind knocked from their sails at some point. So what really happens when we get knocked down? The answer is...well, a lot happens. First we sit there, sometimes we get pissed, and from time to time maybe we shout into the void and hope that things just get better on their own. Spoilers: Things don't usually just get better when you shout at walls or sit around on your ass. When we get knocked down, we take action.
By CASEY FARTHING10 months ago in Motivation
Six Random Things We Believe As Kids That Are Untrue As Adults
I have decided that I am very irritated. Both with younger myself and with the (former) adults in my life. I say former because I am now, at least physically speaking, an adult myself. But seriously younger me, what the hell? You believed some very basic truths that you were either outright told or at the very least strongly hinted at. Such simple facts like "You can do whatever you want when you grow up", or "You can buy anything when you get a job of your own". Or a timeless classic "You can do anything you set your mind to". That one especially is such a "fuck you" to impressionable kids. We are set up for disappointment from the very beginning! Let's cover some of these untruths in a new kind of Random Pieces, shall we?
By CASEY FARTHING10 months ago in Humor
My Random Pieces 3
I was never much of a drinker. I never really saw much point in it. I'm not exactly a social person, I've had severe anxiety my entire life, and crowds have always made me deeply uncomfortable. Some of that has faded with the years for a lot of reasons, but it was all in full swing when I was younger. On the night this story covers, though? I drank. Entirely too much for no apparent reason, with my older brother who very much did drink regularly. As you can probably imagine, hijinks ensued. Disclaimer up front: No one was (seriously) injured! The only scars left behind were some more Random Pieces on my psyche. These days, that's good for everyone!
By CASEY FARTHING10 months ago in Humans
A Walk In My Shoes - Zookeeping
Millions of kids everywhere dream of growing up to work with animals. It's a pretty natural thing to want to do if you have pets or if you simply love animals in general. You see keepers and people on television or in movies, and the things they get to do look amazing. working directly with big carnivores, or elephants, petting animals you can only dream of and being allowed to interact with them daily. Even just going to a zoo or aquarium and seeing the people who work there, imagining what they do all day and how amazing it must be. So few of us grow up to become keepers or aquarists. So for those of us that did follow that dream...what's it actually like?
By CASEY FARTHING10 months ago in Humans
My Random Pieces
Here's another fun little tragic comedy from my life. Take a seat, and let me tell you how I ended up on a no-fly list. The whole story begins the way all fun stories begin - with the writing of an environmental technologies article for a magazine based in Kuwait.
By CASEY FARTHING11 months ago in Humans
Random Pieces
Officer Richard Being pulled over by the police can be terrifying. Even if you know you haven't done anything wrong, the whole situation is a pressure cooker of anxiety, stress, and tension. Even simply being followed by a police car can trigger a spike in stress and anxiety in a normal human being, let alone in a neurodivergent individual with chronic anxiety. Have I done anything to piss off the cop behind me, or are they simply existing in that space and my mind has created an entire scenario where they have somehow predicted exactly where I would be at what time and they were just waiting to pull in behind me? Do you see how bonkers that sounds, now that you've read it? That's a taste of my crazy. Now, let me tell you about my friend Officer Richard - or Officer "Dick", in this case.
By CASEY FARTHING11 months ago in Humans
Recognizing (And Escaping) A Toxic Workplace
Recognizing that you are employed in a toxic work environment can be extremely difficult. Especially if you have been there for years - often you are so embedded in the work culture that any workplace abuse or toxicity seem normalized. Even if you don't recognize the signs consciously, you will often leave a toxic workplace feeling drained, exhausted, or even outright angry while being unable to pin down the reasons why. Luckily, there are signs to look for, and there are others who can help!
By CASEY FARTHING11 months ago in Motivation
