Rebecca Francesca Reuter Puerto
Screenwriter, travel writer, marine biologist
I sit in the grandstand with three layers of clothing on: thermal base layer, sweater, rain coat, under cool misting clouds in the center of Scotland. In front of me are massive brutes in kilts throwing large rocks (stone) or attempting to toss a branchless tree trunk (caber) end over end, bag pipe bands squeal... Continue Reading →
Let's take a gastronomic trip to a place far from the cold and dreary Pacific NW. Yes, our winter started today, our 3 months of sunshine and dry weather is over. Ho hum. So let us venture south of the border or to the south Pacific with a simple healthy meal. In the fridge I... Continue Reading →
I slept okay, although I have a mild headache and sinus congestion, but that may be from allergies. It's funny how not eating and going through a major unpleasant event like a colon cleanse opens up a part of your brain that fantasizes about everything you can't have. I went for a walk... Continue Reading →
Three hours of pure hell. I arrived home from work, just in time to begin ingesting 2 liters, one liter at a time, of a prescription laxative. The flavor and texture was a cross between a rancid lemon and frog slime fresh from a bog. For two hours I had to endure drinking this stuff,... Continue Reading →
Tropical sunsets, palm trees, warm breeze, mai tai in hand, ukulele playing in the background. We all dream about them, some of us have experienced them. Watching the sun setting below the ocean filled horizon is the vision many of us have of pure relaxation, pure connection with a... Continue Reading →
It's 7am and I'm at SeaTac airport awaiting a flight to Maui. A much needed vacation, I am already in vacation mode, regardless of the crowds at the airport stinging my mellow mood. I stood at the gate for awhile, watching the newbie travelers walking around in a daze, the sunburned people arriving off the... Continue Reading →
Before the sun rises, just a glow on the horizon Morning dew covers my neighbors roofs. My mind is fresh after yoga stretches, a few sun salutations. I feed one cat, while the other wants out so he can sit under the rhody bush, to stalk birds. Finally, it is time, for the most important... Continue Reading →
Lately I have been reminded about my limited time on this planet. The reminders have been blatant, smack you in the face, kind of events. A friend committing suicide, another friend dying from colon cancer and my mother's journey to rid her body of cancer. My heart aches and my mind reels into motion, what... Continue Reading →
Do you do it? When? To ask for directions? To order at a restaurant? To the grocery store clerk? To buy or sell something? I admit, I don't usually strike up conversations with strangers, I'm still a little shy about it and... yeah scared. The times I have spontaneously erupted in conversation with a stranger... Continue Reading →
What happens to you when you get overwhelmed? Do you shut people out? Do you procrastinate? Do you get angry for no reason? Do you want to run away? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. My mental outlook on life has been derailed momentarily. Yes momentarily, because when we get overwhelmed it is only temporary. We have... Continue Reading →
Rebecca Francesca Reuter Puerto 