Sea cows belong to the Sirenians, named for the mythological seabird-women who bewitched sailors with song. Iām drawn to sirens, selkies, and the goddess Io who swam the seas in the form of a cow. Most of my writing is about women, whales, and cows.
Mary Beth Rew Hicks is a marine biologist and writer on the Oregon coast. She is writing a memoir about women and whales. Her writing has been published in Selkie and Assignment.
A place of self-exploration with nature as the backdrop. Together, let's explore the notion that nature favors concinnity ā jagged to smooth, sweeping to compact, flushing to flowing.
NatureStack journal, Building Hope essays, climate fiction, and my singing dog.
The musings of a woman who is a memoirist who crochets as therapy, is an aunt to 15 kids and VACTERL adult who is married to another VACTERL adult. A former journalist, she is now a medical/disability advocate and also is involved in hospice work.