Erica Watson
@rickirobin.bsky.social
Writer, reader, knitter, sometimes organizer. Student of climate & shifting seasons. Contentedly discontent.
Ghosts of Distant Trees, Porphyry Press 2025
Denali National Park, AK.
Part of my heart lives in the desert.
she/her
ericarobinwatson.com
Ghosts of Distant Trees, Porphyry Press 2025
Denali National Park, AK.
Part of my heart lives in the desert.
she/her
ericarobinwatson.com
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REVIEW: Ghosts of Distant Trees by Erica Watson | Hippocampus Magazine
"There are books that understand something fundamental about place, not just as backdrop...but as a living force that shapes us" --on Ghosts of Distant Trees by Erica Watson
www.hippocampusmagazine.com
Amidst it all:
So nice to wake up to this thoughtful review of #GhostsofDistantTrees, by Elizabeth Austin for @hippocampusmag.bsky.social
"Ghosts...is a book about learning to see what’s really there, not what the postcard tells you to look for."
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/01/revi...
So nice to wake up to this thoughtful review of #GhostsofDistantTrees, by Elizabeth Austin for @hippocampusmag.bsky.social
"Ghosts...is a book about learning to see what’s really there, not what the postcard tells you to look for."
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/01/revi...
Reposted by Erica Watson
this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
#Fairbanks: I’ll be signing books tomorrow at The Big Bookstore, & yes I have opinions abt it & yes I’m doing it anyway. If you find yourself in big box land, come say hi, let me know you’re ____ from the internet, that’s always fun
January 24, 2026 at 3:03 AM
#Fairbanks: I’ll be signing books tomorrow at The Big Bookstore, & yes I have opinions abt it & yes I’m doing it anyway. If you find yourself in big box land, come say hi, let me know you’re ____ from the internet, that’s always fun
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Americans will do anything to avoid the metric system.
January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Americans will do anything to avoid the metric system.
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22% of the US population voted for Donald Trump. That's it.
I don't think the Americans, and yes, I mean all of you, are prepared for how hated you now are by everyone.
Its not going away folks. Youve lost all rights to speak to us without being told to go fuck yourselves.
Its not going away folks. Youve lost all rights to speak to us without being told to go fuck yourselves.
Lutnick heckled in Davos. FT: “The gathering on Tuesday night descended into uproar after combative remarks from Lutnick, the people said, with widespread jeering, some guests walking out and appeals for calm from Fink.”
January 21, 2026 at 9:27 PM
22% of the US population voted for Donald Trump. That's it.
"In audio obtained by The Intercept a top regional director said the directives came from top officials in Washington, including the budget office led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought."
(AK regional director Striker feared his statements would be leaked)
theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
(AK regional director Striker feared his statements would be leaked)
theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
Trump Admin “Deliberately” Tanking Morale to Get Parks Staff to Quit, Official Says in Leaked Tape
In a leaked tape, a National Park Service official said Trump’s employee policies are a “reign of terror” aimed at driving NPS staff to quit.
theintercept.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
"In audio obtained by The Intercept a top regional director said the directives came from top officials in Washington, including the budget office led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought."
(AK regional director Striker feared his statements would be leaked)
theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
(AK regional director Striker feared his statements would be leaked)
theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
Anyway, considering a proton account. Pros/cons/alternate recs?
It is amazing how far Google is going to make their products worse.
They had total market domination and now I am actively looking for ways to stop using it.
They had total market domination and now I am actively looking for ways to stop using it.
January 21, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Anyway, considering a proton account. Pros/cons/alternate recs?
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(note: I’m only seeing greens w my eye. iphone16 is a lil extra)
C left for fire dept mtng & told me go outside! Dog & I postholed to the gravel pit, & cd hear whole fire dept outside watching. Someone drove thru the hood honking: go outside, go outside 💚
Came back in bc I have bread in the oven
C left for fire dept mtng & told me go outside! Dog & I postholed to the gravel pit, & cd hear whole fire dept outside watching. Someone drove thru the hood honking: go outside, go outside 💚
Came back in bc I have bread in the oven
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 AM
(note: I’m only seeing greens w my eye. iphone16 is a lil extra)
C left for fire dept mtng & told me go outside! Dog & I postholed to the gravel pit, & cd hear whole fire dept outside watching. Someone drove thru the hood honking: go outside, go outside 💚
Came back in bc I have bread in the oven
C left for fire dept mtng & told me go outside! Dog & I postholed to the gravel pit, & cd hear whole fire dept outside watching. Someone drove thru the hood honking: go outside, go outside 💚
Came back in bc I have bread in the oven
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Purple aurora on the Toolik Lake all-sky camera at 634pm AKST Jan 19. #aurora #AlaskaSky @vincentledvina.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Purple aurora on the Toolik Lake all-sky camera at 634pm AKST Jan 19. #aurora #AlaskaSky @vincentledvina.bsky.social
I like to spend time with MLK Jr’s speeches every year on this day, & i so appreciate that @democracynow.org often offers a selection that feels timely every year:
“These are the times for real choices and not false ones…”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
“These are the times for real choices and not false ones…”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Democracy Now! 2026-01-19 Monday
Podcast Episode · Democracy Now! Audio · 01/19/2026 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I like to spend time with MLK Jr’s speeches every year on this day, & i so appreciate that @democracynow.org often offers a selection that feels timely every year:
“These are the times for real choices and not false ones…”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
“These are the times for real choices and not false ones…”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
update: an artist friend just suggested @stickerninja.bsky.social, who looks awesome but sadly hasn't posted here in a while! but I'll go with them
who do y'all like for printing custom stickers these days? I haven't done it since before sticker mule came out as maga and i don't know other options, really
January 20, 2026 at 1:38 AM
update: an artist friend just suggested @stickerninja.bsky.social, who looks awesome but sadly hasn't posted here in a while! but I'll go with them
who do y'all like for printing custom stickers these days? I haven't done it since before sticker mule came out as maga and i don't know other options, really
January 20, 2026 at 1:20 AM
who do y'all like for printing custom stickers these days? I haven't done it since before sticker mule came out as maga and i don't know other options, really
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Also hate "this is not about politics." Sorry people, you have to GROW UP. EVERY DAMNED THING IS POLITICAL. Everything. The word people are searching for is PARTISAN.
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Also hate "this is not about politics." Sorry people, you have to GROW UP. EVERY DAMNED THING IS POLITICAL. Everything. The word people are searching for is PARTISAN.
“The troops on standby are from the Army's 11th Airborne Division, which specializes in cold weather operations”
ie knowing how to dress for a winter water balloon attack?? Jfc
www.npr.org/2026/01/18/n...
ie knowing how to dress for a winter water balloon attack?? Jfc
www.npr.org/2026/01/18/n...
U.S. military troops on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota
The move comes after President Trump again threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to control ongoing protests over the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis.
www.npr.org
January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
“The troops on standby are from the Army's 11th Airborne Division, which specializes in cold weather operations”
ie knowing how to dress for a winter water balloon attack?? Jfc
www.npr.org/2026/01/18/n...
ie knowing how to dress for a winter water balloon attack?? Jfc
www.npr.org/2026/01/18/n...
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Thousands of people protested in Nuuk, Greenland against Trump's threats to take over their country.
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
January 17, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Thousands of people protested in Nuuk, Greenland against Trump's threats to take over their country.
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
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"Strangest of all is the liberal pipe dream that local police will stand up against ICE and CBP, when police have collaborated with ICE and been deployed to protect agents from protesters, even in so-called sanctuary cities."
An interview with Robin D.G. Kelley
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren...
An interview with Robin D.G. Kelley
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren...
Renee Good's Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
"Strangest of all is the liberal pipe dream that local police will stand up against ICE and CBP, when police have collaborated with ICE and been deployed to protect agents from protesters, even in so-called sanctuary cities."
An interview with Robin D.G. Kelley
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren...
An interview with Robin D.G. Kelley
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren...
The #Alaska Literary Field Guide is coming out in March from Mountaineers Books, & you can preorder now! I've got a short prose piece abt how the red-backed vole can turn us into our worst selves, honored as always when the poets ask me to hang out
www.mountaineers.org/books/books/...
www.mountaineers.org/books/books/...
Alaska Literary Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
Science and art combine in a "poetic ecology"--a field guide and anthology that celebrates the natural and cultural beauty of Alaska
www.mountaineers.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The #Alaska Literary Field Guide is coming out in March from Mountaineers Books, & you can preorder now! I've got a short prose piece abt how the red-backed vole can turn us into our worst selves, honored as always when the poets ask me to hang out
www.mountaineers.org/books/books/...
www.mountaineers.org/books/books/...
Beautiful column from CMarie Fuhrman:
"Make your art...No, not to distract yourself from the world as it is, but to build the world as it could be. As it will be. Leave something that wags its tail at the future, trust there will be someone there to see it."
www.inlander.com/comment/find...
"Make your art...No, not to distract yourself from the world as it is, but to build the world as it could be. As it will be. Leave something that wags its tail at the future, trust there will be someone there to see it."
www.inlander.com/comment/find...
Finding an antidote for trying times — and fuel for hope — among the pictographs of the West
It is an unseasonably warm January day. I am standing at the base of a sheer sandstone wall near the San Juan River in Southeastern Utah, looking up. Indigenous art
www.inlander.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Beautiful column from CMarie Fuhrman:
"Make your art...No, not to distract yourself from the world as it is, but to build the world as it could be. As it will be. Leave something that wags its tail at the future, trust there will be someone there to see it."
www.inlander.com/comment/find...
"Make your art...No, not to distract yourself from the world as it is, but to build the world as it could be. As it will be. Leave something that wags its tail at the future, trust there will be someone there to see it."
www.inlander.com/comment/find...
Timeline cleanse but dirty
(I am an intellectual)
(I am an intellectual)
January 16, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Timeline cleanse but dirty
(I am an intellectual)
(I am an intellectual)
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if you are not in Minnesota I need you to know it is BAD. my friends in the cities are afraid to walk their dogs because of the pepper spray. there are empty cars of the abducted left sideways on the street. a kids arm was broken on school property. we are terrified.
January 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
if you are not in Minnesota I need you to know it is BAD. my friends in the cities are afraid to walk their dogs because of the pepper spray. there are empty cars of the abducted left sideways on the street. a kids arm was broken on school property. we are terrified.
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it’s extremely bad that it’s so guilt free to enjoy this real suffering, but the evil witch inside my soul does need to feed and this is delicious
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 AM
it’s extremely bad that it’s so guilt free to enjoy this real suffering, but the evil witch inside my soul does need to feed and this is delicious
Looking a bit cartoony out here ngl
January 11, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Looking a bit cartoony out here ngl
Amidst it all:
So nice to wake up to this thoughtful review of #GhostsofDistantTrees, by Elizabeth Austin for @hippocampusmag.bsky.social
"Ghosts...is a book about learning to see what’s really there, not what the postcard tells you to look for."
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/01/revi...
So nice to wake up to this thoughtful review of #GhostsofDistantTrees, by Elizabeth Austin for @hippocampusmag.bsky.social
"Ghosts...is a book about learning to see what’s really there, not what the postcard tells you to look for."
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/01/revi...
REVIEW: Ghosts of Distant Trees by Erica Watson | Hippocampus Magazine
"There are books that understand something fundamental about place, not just as backdrop...but as a living force that shapes us" --on Ghosts of Distant Trees by Erica Watson
www.hippocampusmagazine.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Amidst it all:
So nice to wake up to this thoughtful review of #GhostsofDistantTrees, by Elizabeth Austin for @hippocampusmag.bsky.social
"Ghosts...is a book about learning to see what’s really there, not what the postcard tells you to look for."
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/01/revi...
So nice to wake up to this thoughtful review of #GhostsofDistantTrees, by Elizabeth Austin for @hippocampusmag.bsky.social
"Ghosts...is a book about learning to see what’s really there, not what the postcard tells you to look for."
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/01/revi...
Reposted by Erica Watson
👇This is a really important read about BSNC Alaska Native Corporation shareholders organizing to divest from ICE contracts, including a delivered petition. #Alaskasky
www.nomenugget.net/news/shareho...
www.nomenugget.net/news/shareho...
Shareholders ask BSNC to divest from ICE contracts
Bering Straits Native Corporation faces criticism from shareholders regarding the corporation’s involvement in federal contracts to aid in the detention and removal of asylum seekers, illega...
www.nomenugget.net
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
👇This is a really important read about BSNC Alaska Native Corporation shareholders organizing to divest from ICE contracts, including a delivered petition. #Alaskasky
www.nomenugget.net/news/shareho...
www.nomenugget.net/news/shareho...