RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
Daytona Beach, Florida • Age 67
Joined myLot 9 years ago
New York City is my hometown. I have now relocated from Riga, Latvia to Daytona Beach, Florida along with my cat Sid. I am passionate about poetry and writing.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 May
I am a big fan of the Swedish rock group ABBA. I have DVDs of both Mama Mia movies and I can watch them over and over just to hear the music. ABBA came into international fame after they won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 May
Pretty much this is an idea to get you to see what life is like at our house, As I work online and do my writing and blogging the cats go through many transitions in their own day-to-day life. They choose the spots the want to...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 May
In the days before WW II so very long ago when my mom was still going to university in Riga, Latvia she spent her summers in Austria. Not far from Vienna her aunt and uncle had an inn in the mountains. She told me how she enjoyed...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 May
My poetic meme was inspired by a special place where we lived in the suburbs of Riga, Latvia. It was a small stream that looked lovely in all seasons frozen still in winter, coming alive in spring with wildflowers nearby, a shady...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 May
When sea otters get hungry they love to eat large abalone, sea urchins, clams, mussels, crabs, and small marine snails. However, all of the shell cracking can be hard on their teeth. So, what’s an otter to do? These intelligent...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
I always thought people in India were for some reason more religious than people in other parts of the world. To say that this shocked me and left me speechless is more than right. A six-year-old named Vinod who lived with his...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 May
The river monsters in question are flathead catfish which can reach up to 120 lbs. They are tightening their chokehold on the waterways of America and have now crossed the border into Canada. Conversationalists have been alarmed...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 May
Imagine living halfway between Norway and the North Pole. You could have a 15,000-acre plot and your closest neighbor would be Santa with his toy shop, elves, and reindeer. Plenty of fresh air and you could build your dream home....
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 May
Back in 1969 The Bee Gees recorded a song “The First of May”. It was released as a single and featured in their album Odessa. It may not have made it to number one but it is a lovely and poignant song, When I listen to this love...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 May
May has arrived and soon the lilacs will be blooming all over Riga, Latvia. How I miss the lilacs in my garden every May. The photo with my poetic meme is of my lilacs. There was a big bush just outside the front door and many...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Apr
Today would have been my dad’s 119th birthday. Eriks Raisters was a popular Latvian poet and writer born on April 23, 1905. This poem is dedicated to him. I could imagine his family in the country of Ranka, Latvia welcoming the...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Apr
A manatee was rescued on September 2021. He was found in the Weeki Wachee River and it was thought he would not survive. Then he made a recovery at ZooTampa and was released in the wild in August 2022. The manatee named Flapjack...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Apr
In Dubai, Saudi Arabia among the severe floods and torrential rain a poor crying black and white moggy cat was defiantly holding on to a car. Imagine this poor creature still had the strength and intelligence not to drown but to...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Apr
In 2022 Easter came on April 17 and one day before on April 16 two balls of fluff were born. Today they are already two years old. Happy Birthday to my two darlings Freddie and Morticia. It was like their cat mama Silkey knew it...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Apr
Well, this does it. Usually after an attack like the stabbing in a mall in Sydney, Australia the violence unfortunately moves to other areas. Instead this time the Devil needed more action. On Monday evening in the west of Sydney,...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Apr
SIGH here we go again, At the Westfield Shopping Center at Bondi Junction in Sydney, Australia a man with a knife went on a killing spree. The good news is that the police have shot him dead. The bad news is that six people died...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Apr
In the Florida Panhandle, a 22-year-old Georgia woman shot at two cars going down the highway. First, she shot at one car and then at another. Just randomly having a shooting spree. Two people were injured but will be all right....
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Apr
The quake was huge 7.2 magnitude and struck at the most crowded hour when everyone is out and about and that was during rush hour. There have been 736 injured and 77 left stranded. There are 7 people known to be dead. 77 buried in...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Mar
I have a built-in closet with double sliding doors in my workroom. In the front, I hang my clothes and there is a shelf on which I put my bed linens. Behind all this is a deep storage space that my friend Nick has piled full of...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Mar
I know, I know while @Deepizzaguy is the bearer of good news I am like the Angel of Doom but when I read about tragedies my heart feels heavy and it helps a great deal to unburden by sharing with you.
In South Africa Easter...
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