Brittany App
@brittanyapp.bsky.social
professional photog / sheep-shearer / director / shepherdess / poet
www.appsphotography.com
www.wherethereoncewaswater.com
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A brief excerpt from my forthcoming book California Lizards and How To Find Them, published by Heyday Books. I'm so proud to work with this wonderful publisher!
Photo by @brittanyapp.bsky.social
Photo by @brittanyapp.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A brief excerpt from my forthcoming book California Lizards and How To Find Them, published by Heyday Books. I'm so proud to work with this wonderful publisher!
Photo by @brittanyapp.bsky.social
Photo by @brittanyapp.bsky.social
if you’re feeling, umm, shall we say, “overwhelmed”, lol … & you need a bit a of pick me up … or a better on-screen activity than doom-scrolling ... and you’ve not yet watched my film … (did you know? i made a film!) … may i invite you to absorb something genuinely hopeful .....
btw, i made a film
and i think it's solid alternative to doom-scrolling
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April 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
if you’re feeling, umm, shall we say, “overwhelmed”, lol … & you need a bit a of pick me up … or a better on-screen activity than doom-scrolling ... and you’ve not yet watched my film … (did you know? i made a film!) … may i invite you to absorb something genuinely hopeful .....
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If you give a dam about drought mitigation, water quality, wildlife habitat, salmon restoration, carbon sequestration, & wildfire resilience, then every day is #InternationalBeaverDay. April 7 just happens to be the occasion on which we formally acknowledge the debt we owe our semiaquatic saviors. 🙏
April 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you give a dam about drought mitigation, water quality, wildlife habitat, salmon restoration, carbon sequestration, & wildfire resilience, then every day is #InternationalBeaverDay. April 7 just happens to be the occasion on which we formally acknowledge the debt we owe our semiaquatic saviors. 🙏
some tears
my friends
are for you …
out in the streets
when I cannot be.
hands off, you say.
and you say it for all of us.
you help us feel less alone.
you are the wings
you are the flutter
you are anything but tiny.
my friends
are for you …
out in the streets
when I cannot be.
hands off, you say.
and you say it for all of us.
you help us feel less alone.
you are the wings
you are the flutter
you are anything but tiny.
this cliff of tears
(hands off)
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April 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
some tears
my friends
are for you …
out in the streets
when I cannot be.
hands off, you say.
and you say it for all of us.
you help us feel less alone.
you are the wings
you are the flutter
you are anything but tiny.
my friends
are for you …
out in the streets
when I cannot be.
hands off, you say.
and you say it for all of us.
you help us feel less alone.
you are the wings
you are the flutter
you are anything but tiny.
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
yesterday was harvest day. i share a bit about it here ....
harvest day
the logistics & tenderness of it all
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March 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
yesterday was harvest day. i share a bit about it here ....
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I feel like we need to form a League of Relatively Normal People, and our agenda should be things like:
--Canada's cool, leave them be
--Lot of smart people at universities, that's a plus
--We're scared of getting cancer, so let's research it
--Fewer floods and wildfires would be nice
--Canada's cool, leave them be
--Lot of smart people at universities, that's a plus
--We're scared of getting cancer, so let's research it
--Fewer floods and wildfires would be nice
March 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I feel like we need to form a League of Relatively Normal People, and our agenda should be things like:
--Canada's cool, leave them be
--Lot of smart people at universities, that's a plus
--We're scared of getting cancer, so let's research it
--Fewer floods and wildfires would be nice
--Canada's cool, leave them be
--Lot of smart people at universities, that's a plus
--We're scared of getting cancer, so let's research it
--Fewer floods and wildfires would be nice
I spent a lot of time today writing… mostly about what it means to have been in this home for 5 full years.
I spent all that time writing, planning to share it with you, and then I went out to the barn, and sat with the sheep. and I cried...
I spent all that time writing, planning to share it with you, and then I went out to the barn, and sat with the sheep. and I cried...
1,825 sunrises
reflections on home sweet sweet home
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March 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I spent a lot of time today writing… mostly about what it means to have been in this home for 5 full years.
I spent all that time writing, planning to share it with you, and then I went out to the barn, and sat with the sheep. and I cried...
I spent all that time writing, planning to share it with you, and then I went out to the barn, and sat with the sheep. and I cried...
books are important. history is important. considering the lives & lived experience of others is important. empathy, story, love, diversity, truth … important. real leaders know this. good people know this. good books live this, by example.
this is one of those books … #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous
this is one of those books … #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous
March 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
books are important. history is important. considering the lives & lived experience of others is important. empathy, story, love, diversity, truth … important. real leaders know this. good people know this. good books live this, by example.
this is one of those books … #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous
this is one of those books … #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous
SLO County friends ... today's the last day to vote for your favorites. Hop on it & show some local love! :) posting.newtimesslo.com/sanluisobisp...
39th Annual Best of SLO County Readers Poll
The class of 2025 is almost here, and we’re looking to fill the pages of the Best of San Luis Obispo County yearbook. We need you to help us by voting for the most popular kids in school. Cheer on you...
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March 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
SLO County friends ... today's the last day to vote for your favorites. Hop on it & show some local love! :) posting.newtimesslo.com/sanluisobisp...
“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you’d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you’ll never understand what it’s saying.”
- Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
#time #timeisanillusion #chasetheweirddream #sheep
- Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
#time #timeisanillusion #chasetheweirddream #sheep
March 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you’d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you’ll never understand what it’s saying.”
- Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
#time #timeisanillusion #chasetheweirddream #sheep
- Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
#time #timeisanillusion #chasetheweirddream #sheep
today & every day, I’m grateful for all the badass women in my life. (there are a lot of you 😉)
thank you. for you. 💛✨
#internationalwomensday #women #chasetheweirddream
thank you. for you. 💛✨
#internationalwomensday #women #chasetheweirddream
March 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
today & every day, I’m grateful for all the badass women in my life. (there are a lot of you 😉)
thank you. for you. 💛✨
#internationalwomensday #women #chasetheweirddream
thank you. for you. 💛✨
#internationalwomensday #women #chasetheweirddream
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
“The promise of the information age was unparalleled access to every single last bit of human knowledge at every moment, and the reality is a collective civic mental life that permanently teeters on the edge of madness.” - Chris Hayes, The Sirens’ Call
#brittanyappbooklist #goodbook #thesirenscall
#brittanyappbooklist #goodbook #thesirenscall
March 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“The promise of the information age was unparalleled access to every single last bit of human knowledge at every moment, and the reality is a collective civic mental life that permanently teeters on the edge of madness.” - Chris Hayes, The Sirens’ Call
#brittanyappbooklist #goodbook #thesirenscall
#brittanyappbooklist #goodbook #thesirenscall
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this is my 3rd year lambing, and each year, it seems, somebody picks me out to be their friend. last year it was OWL. this year it’s KRONK. he misses no opportunities for a neck scritch or a nose-boop kiss. & I think that’s just about the best thing ever.
#lambingseason #lambs #chasetheweirddream
#lambingseason #lambs #chasetheweirddream
March 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
this is my 3rd year lambing, and each year, it seems, somebody picks me out to be their friend. last year it was OWL. this year it’s KRONK. he misses no opportunities for a neck scritch or a nose-boop kiss. & I think that’s just about the best thing ever.
#lambingseason #lambs #chasetheweirddream
#lambingseason #lambs #chasetheweirddream
you're growing oh-so-big way-too-fast, little ones.....
#lambingseason #lambs #sheepislife #chasetheweirddream
#lambingseason #lambs #sheepislife #chasetheweirddream
March 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
you're growing oh-so-big way-too-fast, little ones.....
#lambingseason #lambs #sheepislife #chasetheweirddream
#lambingseason #lambs #sheepislife #chasetheweirddream
slow & steady, my loves .....
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slow & steady
be a witness to your own becoming
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March 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
slow & steady, my loves .....
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Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
March 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. ... We have been wrong. We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption that what is good for the world will be good for us. . . " - Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House
March 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. ... We have been wrong. We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption that what is good for the world will be good for us. . . " - Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House
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It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
on the behavior we just witnessed ...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
on the behavior we just witnessed ...
“You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.” - James V. Hart, Hook
… if I’m being honest ... sometimes I am overtaken by how much I miss you, Big Ben 💕
#bigbendogdog #chasetheweirddream
… if I’m being honest ... sometimes I am overtaken by how much I miss you, Big Ben 💕
#bigbendogdog #chasetheweirddream
February 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.” - James V. Hart, Hook
… if I’m being honest ... sometimes I am overtaken by how much I miss you, Big Ben 💕
#bigbendogdog #chasetheweirddream
… if I’m being honest ... sometimes I am overtaken by how much I miss you, Big Ben 💕
#bigbendogdog #chasetheweirddream
"The explicit policy of Musk-Trump, as described by the head of the OMB, is to traumatize federal workers. We see this in the decapitation of their institutions, the choice of obviously unqualified people to run those institutions, in the firings, and in the abuse." - @timothysnyder.bsky.social
DOGE uses the word "fraud" to destroy in at least 6 ways:
1) The bait and switch. When Musk says "fraud," people who benefit from government programs are supposed to think "that applies to others, but not to me." The idea of "fraud" creates a sense of us-and-them.
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1) The bait and switch. When Musk says "fraud," people who benefit from government programs are supposed to think "that applies to others, but not to me." The idea of "fraud" creates a sense of us-and-them.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-fraud-...
The "Fraud" Fraud
How DOGE destroys
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February 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"The explicit policy of Musk-Trump, as described by the head of the OMB, is to traumatize federal workers. We see this in the decapitation of their institutions, the choice of obviously unqualified people to run those institutions, in the firings, and in the abuse." - @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)