Christopher Brown
@christopherbrown.bsky.social
Writer & lawyer. Author of A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY LOTS • Novels TROPIC OF KANSAS et al • urban nature newsletter FIELD NOTES • christopherbrown.com
Waiting for take-out and reading the paper here in the Tropic of Kansas:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Waiting for take-out and reading the paper here in the Tropic of Kansas:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
*Happy to *hear* you enjoyed it 🙄
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
*Happy to *hear* you enjoyed it 🙄
Tungsten film is tricky but when it works it is like finding a lost album of ambient music
November 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Tungsten film is tricky but when it works it is like finding a lost album of ambient music
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
Got some film back
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Got some film back
Ambient kingfisher
saying thank you for the rain 🌦️🙏
saying thank you for the rain 🌦️🙏
October 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ambient kingfisher
saying thank you for the rain 🌦️🙏
saying thank you for the rain 🌦️🙏
Spotted in the wild Tuesday morning at Dog-Eared Books in San Francisco — thanks to friend MJ for the report from the field 💚
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Spotted in the wild Tuesday morning at Dog-Eared Books in San Francisco — thanks to friend MJ for the report from the field 💚
Thanks to the folks who packed the house at Alienated Majesty Books for the launch of the paperback edition of A Natural History of Empty Lots — and to the UPS driver who cinematically showed up with the delayed books 5 minutes before showtime! 😅🙏📚💚
October 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thanks to the folks who packed the house at Alienated Majesty Books for the launch of the paperback edition of A Natural History of Empty Lots — and to the UPS driver who cinematically showed up with the delayed books 5 minutes before showtime! 😅🙏📚💚
The paperback edition of A Natural History of Empty Lots is out today from Timber Press @hachetteus.bsky.social! Thanks to all the readers who have picked up the hardcover and ebook over the past year (or listened to the audiobook) and spread the word 🙏📖💚
October 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The paperback edition of A Natural History of Empty Lots is out today from Timber Press @hachetteus.bsky.social! Thanks to all the readers who have picked up the hardcover and ebook over the past year (or listened to the audiobook) and spread the word 🙏📖💚
Meant to say more just *future* 😬 not furniture but that is also important
September 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Meant to say more just *future* 😬 not furniture but that is also important
Got summoned home to help this bird get out of our living room, where it had inadvertently flown through an open door. Yellow warbler, I think?
September 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Got summoned home to help this bird get out of our living room, where it had inadvertently flown through an open door. Yellow warbler, I think?
When the armadillos are out foraging before sundown, it’s a sign cooler temps have arrived in Texas
September 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
When the armadillos are out foraging before sundown, it’s a sign cooler temps have arrived in Texas
And on yesterday’s run that old Doors song came up, “Summer’s Almost Gone”
August 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
And on yesterday’s run that old Doors song came up, “Summer’s Almost Gone”
From our morning scout the other day 👋😬
August 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
From our morning scout the other day 👋😬
And the lacewing eggs are there on their stalks, if you know where to look
August 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
And the lacewing eggs are there on their stalks, if you know where to look
The Mastodon Chiclets are less prodigious, but a second crop just dropped
August 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Mastodon Chiclets are less prodigious, but a second crop just dropped
The chiltepin is early and prodigious this year, and the birds are already feasting on it
August 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The chiltepin is early and prodigious this year, and the birds are already feasting on it
Tfw walking your dog around your neighborhood before bed feels like location scouting a sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
August 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Tfw walking your dog around your neighborhood before bed feels like location scouting a sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Get yours here @timberpress.bsky.social: timberpress.com/titles/chris...
August 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Get yours here @timberpress.bsky.social: timberpress.com/titles/chris...
Paperbacks! Just got my author’s copies of the newest edition of A Natural History of Empty Lots, and they look great. Available Oct. 7. Thanks to all the readers, librarians, booksellers & reviewers who made the hardcover such a success, and watch this space for more news about paperback launch fun
August 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Paperbacks! Just got my author’s copies of the newest edition of A Natural History of Empty Lots, and they look great. Available Oct. 7. Thanks to all the readers, librarians, booksellers & reviewers who made the hardcover such a success, and watch this space for more news about paperback launch fun
Downed in yesterday’s storm: cardinal nest (inactive, past season) of a mix of natural and anthropogenic materials—diverse fragments of clear plastic harvested from the landscape of this industrial neighborhood—a window into the weird cyborg nature aborning 🐣
August 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Downed in yesterday’s storm: cardinal nest (inactive, past season) of a mix of natural and anthropogenic materials—diverse fragments of clear plastic harvested from the landscape of this industrial neighborhood—a window into the weird cyborg nature aborning 🐣
Had the PBS News Hour on while doing the dishes last night, which led to Antiques Roadshow, and was amazed to see this—the son of the Salt Lake City contractor Robert Smithson hired to build “Spiral Jetty,” bringing in all the schematics the artist drew while they were figuring it out:
August 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Had the PBS News Hour on while doing the dishes last night, which led to Antiques Roadshow, and was amazed to see this—the son of the Salt Lake City contractor Robert Smithson hired to build “Spiral Jetty,” bringing in all the schematics the artist drew while they were figuring it out: