Australia

It is a somewhat unfortunate (if not kinda hilarious) trait of mine that I find it difficult to be serious about Serious Things (war, famine, etc) but can be very Serious about Trivial Things Of No Consequence (such as couch cushion placement and put thE DAMN DISHES IN THE DISHWASHER RIGHT AWAY DO NOT LEAVE THEM IN THE SINK THEY'RE INCHES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER FOR CHRIST-SAKE). It is because of this that I had a significant amount of difficulty starting this post. 

So I just did that I guess.

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So yeah, Australia is ON FREAKING FIRE guys. It is not ok. Terrible disasters (man-made and otherwise) ravage this planet constantly and they of course all affect me but as someone who will openly weep when David Attenborough tells us what a shit job we're doing taking care of all the animals and shit (watch this series if you wanna feel ashamed to be human and also if you feel as if you don't have enough sympathy for walruses. Its on Netflix, you're welcome), I've been thinking about this a little more recently. I don't usually, if I'm honest, but I think that's because when Bad Things happen, its easy to dismiss it because what can you do about it? And don't we have enough personal crisis to deal with? 

This time though, my sister recently shared with me an article about the Animal Rescue Craft Guild in Australia that's crafting various pouches, nests, Koala mittens (!), beds, blankets, and more for the many displaced/rescued animals. Their efforts have spread to other countries and this is the kinda thing that 1. makes me feel better about people and 2. makes me feel like there is actually something I can do, even though I'm far away and don't have much in the way of expendable income. 

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JOEY IN A POUCH JOEY IN A POUCH JOEY IN A POUCH OMG OMG OMG

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Bats... unsettle me, but so do most people and I don't want them to burn up in a fire either.

Anywho, there's so much more to say about this but since many someones have already done a better job of doing that than I could possibly do, I've collected a handy link list for you. You're welcome. I'm off to go rummage in my craft supplies.

LINKS!

If your response was "what's happening in Australia now?" read THIS

If your response was "I want to know more but words are too hard and my brain hurts" go HERE

If your response was "tell me more about these animal crafts" go HERE or HERE or HERE

If your response was "finally, something to do with all these bat wraps I made!" go HERE