I wrote a story based on one of my experiences on an Earthwatch science research expedition to Turkey, but fictionalized. The story is a little long but involves a love triangle gone bad and cultural misunderstanding. Free to read but I get paid by the clicks -- Ghosts of Larymna

Meanwhile, on more recent travel, we took a whale watch trip out to the San Juan Islands, in WA state, USA.

This was my first sighting of orca, so I thought it was a pretty fun trip out.

Sea Maid

Crustacean head with voice like waves

song like a gull screaming

hands like algae fronds waving

and star fish clinging to your arms,

legs, tail, and snails for eyebrows

and clammy breath and eyes

deep as the eternal seas whenever

you leave me alone to swim

in the universal sea of night

seeking that all encompassing navel

where future and past are the same.