Erica Ordinary likes:
- Collecting buttons.
- Going "out for coffee" with friends, but everyone drinking tea.
- Rain. In all its forms.
- The train.
- Wine with dinner.
- Listening in on strangers' conversations.
- Knitting very fast.
- Old things.
- People's stories.
- Having obsessions.
- The house near her mother and father that sells fresh pasta.
- Picking up lost notes.
- Very, very long conversations.
- Kisses on eyelids.
Erica Ordinary has been:
- A checkout operator.
- A knife salesperson.
- A hardware assistant.
- An administration officer.
- A junior editor.
- A student (three times over).
- A tutor.
- A machine knitter.
- A business owner.
- A wedding singer.
- A teacher of an obscure form of dance.
- A market stall holder.
- A waitress.
- A puppet builder.
- A legal secretary.
- A data entry clerk.
Erica Ordinary wishes she were:
- Organised.
- Able to play scales.
- A photographer.
- A film maker.
- A published writer.
- A high school English teacher.
- A waitress in a cafe who gossips more than she works.
- Less flighty.
- A storyteller.
- About 700 kilometres North-West.
Nice things lovely strangers have said about Erica Ordinary:
"Your name is Ordinary but your music is anything but""your music is <3"
"so honest and simple and flowing and wonderful..."
"you have such great stories to tell"
"well I think you have one of those really great voices, whether you're singing or speaking. Such maturity..."
"very, very eccentric...batty almost"
"extremely personal and witty"
"beatiful tunes, so simple and warm"