I’m delighted to say that my book, “The Hope at the End of the Tunnel,” is now available in multiple formats in multiple places. You can find it in paperback, eBook and Audiobook on virtually all platforms!
A memoir about love, sorrow, and rediscovering joy.
How wild. To think ‘I want to write a book,’ then spend the next many years of my life working on said book, then finally having it out there in the world.
Thank you, thank you to all you early supporters for putting a smile on my face. The book is available now in both paperback and Kindle with an audio recording coming soon. https://a.co/d/b90tqtb
How exciting! I’ve been toiling away on this project for years. Years. Like… six of ’em.
My book, “The Hope at the End of the Tunnel” is almost ready to be released! As the cover says, it’s “A memoir about love, sorrow and rediscovering joy.”
This is a rom-com level love story, a pull-at-your-heartstrings story of loss, and a walk down a musical path in search of reasons to smile again.
Paperback and eBook are out on November 4 – audio book version coming soon!! Get your copy by clicking here:
What a dream to visit that beautiful corner of the world – a true bucket list destination for me.
While sitting aboard a big ol’ cruise ship, sipping Aperol spritzs (is that the plural of spritz?) with nary a care in the world, I wrote this fun little ditty.
I wrote this song a bit ago. I don’t know… it just felt like every time I opened any app, there was everyone else living out what I wanted for my own life.
That’s tough, right? Watching someone else live your dream? And worse, it’s this notion of ‘you gotta work hard’ but we’re all working hard, aren’t we?
So this one is for all the people spinning their wheels, day-in, day-out, trying to make something happen in this rough-and-tumble world, but not feeling like they’re getting anywhere.
This song is for my own wonderful mom, of course, but it’s also for all my sweet friends who are missing their mamas. I tried to capture the privilege of having a totally mundane phone conversation with your mom. (I always shoot these vertically because I also post them to Insta – and you can see less of the room this way. Ha!)
Some of you have asked if my songs are autobiographical. Loretta Lynn famously said, “I’ve either lived it or I’ve seen it and I won’t tell my husband which.” HA! So we’ll go with that.
This song is just about the thrill of enjoying the moment. Plus, I liked the play on words with Two Lips / Two Ships passing in the night.
I got asked to come up and sing! That’s my dream come true. There is not a time in my life, where when watching live musicians, part of me doesn’t think ‘Man I hope they’ll need someone to come up and sing!’ Now that I’m typing it out loud, I’m wondering if that’s normal?
At any rate, it happened!
For context, there is an amazing musical movement happening in Salt Lake City. Hot House West is a new non-profit committed to creating community through their love of acoustic swing music. The Swing Renaissance nights are my favorite night of the month and I’ve already put the dates in my calendar for the full year. I never want to miss one.
There is a large (I think 17-piece) big band on stage, all that brass, the fiddle, the guitars – It’s heaven! I’m wildly impressed by the caliber of musicians right here in little ol’ SLC.
It’s held at Clubhouse, an historic building on South Temple. The night is filled with extraordinary live music and free swing dance lessons. They bring in a food truck, have a bar (you know, for hydration) and it’s absolutely delightful in every way.
So, the March swing night was dedicated to western swing – a personal favorite of mine. After my first Hot House night, I emailed the organizer to say ‘what did I just experience and how can I be a part of it?’ He was very nice to respond, he introduced himself the following month, then, much to my surprise and delight, he asked me if I wanted to join them to sing Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight.”
“YES!” (which was also code for ‘are you freakin’ kidding me?!?!!?!)
Erica Hansen 