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
***Abolish ICE giveaway raffle***
I’m inspired by the creative ways people are putting your arts and crafts to work to build power across geographies. So I’m gonna try this: a raffle to rehome some gently worn knits.
Dm me abt a donation made THIS WEEK (Monday, 2/2-9) to a mutual aid fund.
🧵
I’m inspired by the creative ways people are putting your arts and crafts to work to build power across geographies. So I’m gonna try this: a raffle to rehome some gently worn knits.
Dm me abt a donation made THIS WEEK (Monday, 2/2-9) to a mutual aid fund.
🧵
February 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
***Abolish ICE giveaway raffle***
I’m inspired by the creative ways people are putting your arts and crafts to work to build power across geographies. So I’m gonna try this: a raffle to rehome some gently worn knits.
Dm me abt a donation made THIS WEEK (Monday, 2/2-9) to a mutual aid fund.
🧵
I’m inspired by the creative ways people are putting your arts and crafts to work to build power across geographies. So I’m gonna try this: a raffle to rehome some gently worn knits.
Dm me abt a donation made THIS WEEK (Monday, 2/2-9) to a mutual aid fund.
🧵
A yr ago today, at the prompting of @drbrapp.bsky.social, a group of us gathered in support of NPS employees, the name Denali, & anti-fascism. It was messy & cringe & impromptu. The normies came. (* 🧵 )
& since, bc of convos we’ve had, I’ve felt safer & stronger local connections than I had in yrs
& since, bc of convos we’ve had, I’ve felt safer & stronger local connections than I had in yrs
February 6, 2026 at 3:03 AM
A yr ago today, at the prompting of @drbrapp.bsky.social, a group of us gathered in support of NPS employees, the name Denali, & anti-fascism. It was messy & cringe & impromptu. The normies came. (* 🧵 )
& since, bc of convos we’ve had, I’ve felt safer & stronger local connections than I had in yrs
& since, bc of convos we’ve had, I’ve felt safer & stronger local connections than I had in yrs
February 5, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I’ve got a couple #Alaska book events coming up this month:
First, Valentine’s Day at Fireside Books in Palmer. Come say hi, talk about love and gravel and everything in between (a lot. There’s a lot in between)
&
First, Valentine’s Day at Fireside Books in Palmer. Come say hi, talk about love and gravel and everything in between (a lot. There’s a lot in between)
&
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I’ve got a couple #Alaska book events coming up this month:
First, Valentine’s Day at Fireside Books in Palmer. Come say hi, talk about love and gravel and everything in between (a lot. There’s a lot in between)
&
First, Valentine’s Day at Fireside Books in Palmer. Come say hi, talk about love and gravel and everything in between (a lot. There’s a lot in between)
&
“Nothing is futile.”
-my dog
-my dog
February 2, 2026 at 5:54 AM
“Nothing is futile.”
-my dog
-my dog
the only ice I want is solidly frozen waterways
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 AM
the only ice I want is solidly frozen waterways
#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
(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
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)
Looking a bit cartoony out here ngl
January 11, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Looking a bit cartoony out here ngl
I know I missed December and should shut up but lemme get in on this just once
January 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I know I missed December and should shut up but lemme get in on this just once
Me to all my AZ friends: visit any time, any season! It’s magical! I have so much to show you!
Me upon returning: cool, the windshield crack has grown & there’s frost on the inside, can’t see for shit, oh, did this break too? Thx for telling me. Why is nothing open. No I don’t wanna talk to anyone
Me upon returning: cool, the windshield crack has grown & there’s frost on the inside, can’t see for shit, oh, did this break too? Thx for telling me. Why is nothing open. No I don’t wanna talk to anyone
January 7, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Me to all my AZ friends: visit any time, any season! It’s magical! I have so much to show you!
Me upon returning: cool, the windshield crack has grown & there’s frost on the inside, can’t see for shit, oh, did this break too? Thx for telling me. Why is nothing open. No I don’t wanna talk to anyone
Me upon returning: cool, the windshield crack has grown & there’s frost on the inside, can’t see for shit, oh, did this break too? Thx for telling me. Why is nothing open. No I don’t wanna talk to anyone
Tucson protest. End US imperialism.
January 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Tucson protest. End US imperialism.
2025 reading list COMPLETE.
I’m a kinda slow reader, & this year was particularly fragmented (kept picking things up & putting them down for reasons that weren’t abt the books at all). If they appear here I found some value in them (sometimes even if it’s petty & personal 😅). Some highlights in 🧵
I’m a kinda slow reader, & this year was particularly fragmented (kept picking things up & putting them down for reasons that weren’t abt the books at all). If they appear here I found some value in them (sometimes even if it’s petty & personal 😅). Some highlights in 🧵
December 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
2025 reading list COMPLETE.
I’m a kinda slow reader, & this year was particularly fragmented (kept picking things up & putting them down for reasons that weren’t abt the books at all). If they appear here I found some value in them (sometimes even if it’s petty & personal 😅). Some highlights in 🧵
I’m a kinda slow reader, & this year was particularly fragmented (kept picking things up & putting them down for reasons that weren’t abt the books at all). If they appear here I found some value in them (sometimes even if it’s petty & personal 😅). Some highlights in 🧵
Anyway, I’ve been eating burritos and hanging with the niblings and these trees & being every cliché of a millennial visiting family for the holidays but I’m re-engaging now, hi
December 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Anyway, I’ve been eating burritos and hanging with the niblings and these trees & being every cliché of a millennial visiting family for the holidays but I’m re-engaging now, hi
Something is shifting somewhere
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Something is shifting somewhere
The signs the current owner has up are a surreal combo of “stay away or we’ll call the cops, but call this # to rent our Airbnb!” which has surprisingly good reviews
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The signs the current owner has up are a surreal combo of “stay away or we’ll call the cops, but call this # to rent our Airbnb!” which has surprisingly good reviews
I guess it’s almost time for my annual “drive to Anchorage in an ice storm hellscape” trip, and this time I’ll be signing books at Title Wave on Saturday with my @porphyrypress.bsky.social pressmate John Messick. Come see us if you can? Send road reports? 😬
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I guess it’s almost time for my annual “drive to Anchorage in an ice storm hellscape” trip, and this time I’ll be signing books at Title Wave on Saturday with my @porphyrypress.bsky.social pressmate John Messick. Come see us if you can? Send road reports? 😬
And #Fairbanks, if I missed you, I’ll be back at Solstice Bookshop on Saturday with all these other local authors!
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
And #Fairbanks, if I missed you, I’ll be back at Solstice Bookshop on Saturday with all these other local authors!
A few pics from my first couple book-talking/selling events this last week, in Fairbanks, with @pataky.bsky.social and @coyotetrail.bsky.social & here at Denali. It’s been a lovely transition into this stage of my book’s life!
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A few pics from my first couple book-talking/selling events this last week, in Fairbanks, with @pataky.bsky.social and @coyotetrail.bsky.social & here at Denali. It’s been a lovely transition into this stage of my book’s life!
Got up to pee around 1:30 and caught this out the window.
I guess this is an aurora account now.
I guess this is an aurora account now.
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Got up to pee around 1:30 and caught this out the window.
I guess this is an aurora account now.
I guess this is an aurora account now.