Welcome to Ericka’s Verse!

It’s nice to have you along.  A word of warning: I can run the gamut between fiery and earthy.  It depends upon the subject as well as what is going on in my little corner of the world.  You may find anything from bits on gardening to op-eds, essays to whatever antics arise from my obsession du jour.

As a youngster, I was extremely disciplined, an over-achiever.  I played four sports each year during Jr. High and High School, maintained straight A’s, learned how to fly a plane before I learned how to drive a car, and started scuba diving when I was twelve.  I even sang in choir.  That trend continued until I was into my thirties.  I started riding motor cycles, quit my job as the COO of a software firm in L.A. that did corporate governance and government work, bought a yoga studio, and built that business.  Along the way, I made many wonderful friends and had a great deal of fun.

I’ve also been an amateur astronomer since the ripe old age of twelve.  I love animals, gardening, nature (until things bite me, then nature and I have a conversation), quilting, crocheting, writing, and deep intellectual conversations with my husband, Walt.  Incidentally, those conversations usually devolve into something hilariously funny and generate plenty of martial for, “Shit Walt Says,” a little Facebook bit I post now and again, though I’m holding back the truly R-rated stuff for now.  That is going in the book.  Stay tuned for more information on that.

My husband and I also like sci-fi.  We are huge Star Wars fans, though I will confess I found the most recent Star Trek movies to be quite good.  Don’t throw anything at me.  Brown Coats are more than welcome.  Feel free to share your favorite tales of Mal and the gang, or something you experienced in life and thought, “I just fell into a Firefly episode.  Shiny.”  BSG?  I still love the remake of that show.  The most fascinating thing to me about that was that the writers often deftly did what many great sci-fi authors worked toward: Using a fictional world and characters to echo back our own real-world struggles and events in a way that both magnifies and simplifies those struggles to the point that they become immediately applicable to the real world and a starting point for critical thinking about our world and how we contribute to it.

Since I have a bit of time on my hands, I am busy with all kinds of projects.  One of them is of course writing and posting here more frequently.  Another is putting together a couple of YouTube channels for various different subjects.  Check back here for an update on that little adventure within the next 3 weeks.

Thank you again for showing up and playing along.