RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (87452)

Daytona Beach, Florida • Age 68

Joined myLot 10 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.

nothingbutpoetry.wordpress.com

RasmaSandra's Discussions

Inspired By Poets

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 7h

There are times when the lyrics written for songs have been inspired by poems. My dad Eriks Raisters was a well-known Latvian poet and writer and he had several of his poems set to melodies and sung by choirs. In 2005 Natalie...

songs inspired by poets

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Can’t Even Shop at Walmart

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 28 Jul

By the time an employee in the checkout area yelled about a man with a knife, it was too late. Nearly a dozen people had been stabbed at the busy Walmart in Traverse City, a tourist town on the shore of Lake Michigan, by a man who...

stabbing people at walmart

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Cotton Eye Joe

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 27 Jul

One of the craziest and silliest songs I ever hear is known as “Cotton Eye Joe” and the version best known is from a Swedish Eurodance group called Rednex and was on their debut album in 1995. The music video was directed by...

have fun with cotton eye joe

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Kelly Osbourne Also a Daddy’s Girl

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 25 Jul

"Changes," which Ozzy co-wrote with his bandmates, was first released by Black Sabbath in 1972. In 2003, he and Kelly recorded a version as a duet with revised lyrics that reflected on their bond. The song was a No. 1 hit in the...

father and daughter

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Camptown Races Lots of Fun

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 24 Jul

In a time when smiles are few this is one old song to bring a grin. “Camptown Races” a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster way back in 1850. The song found its place in popular Americana. The melody of the song also had a...

aint camptown races lots of fun

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RIP Hulk Hogan

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 24 Jul

I knew something would occur because things occur in threes, There was Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Ozzy Osbourne. Now it is Hulk Hogan. Professional wrestler Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, died on Thursday at the age of...

wwe says goodbye to hulk hogan

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Coca-Cola Trump Approved

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 22 Jul

Coca-Cola confirmed that it will release a new Coke made with cane sugar. The announcement follows a social media post from President Donald Trump last week in which he claimed he persuaded the company to replace high-fructose...

coke approved by trump with cane sugar

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RIP Theo

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 22 Jul

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor and artist who rose to fame as a child as Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died, according to a source close to the actor. He was 54. Warner died in a drowning accident in Costa Rica,...

such a tragedy for the actor

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Trendy Chimps

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 19 Jul

Chimpanzees living in a sanctuary in Africa have developed a “fashion trend” for dangling blades of grass or sticks from their ear holes and their behinds, a new study shows.The behavior is more of a “fashion trend or social...

fashionable chimps

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Wildflowers Reminded Me

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 Jul

I dreamt about wildflowers meadows full of the beautiful flowers in all colors. Walking beneath the summer sun I admired their beauty and strolled barefoot through the meadow. Then as I came awake I still had a picture of these...

wildflowers sturdy and strong

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Spongebob Squarepants on Stamps

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 16 Jul

The U.S. Postal Service will issue the SpongeBob SquarePants commemorative Forever stamps in New York City’s Times Square. The first-day-of-issue event is free and open to the public, and the stamps will be available to purchase....

find spongebob squa5repants on stamps

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Counting Swans

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 15 Jul

Each summer, a centuries-old royal tradition unfolds on the River Thames; but today, ‘Swan Upping’, as it’s known, is about more than ceremony. As threats like pollution, flooding and fishing tackle endanger swans, this historic...

counting swan in riverthames

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Are You in the Junkyard Again

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 12 Jul

Well, not really the junkyard but my thoughts there like when I think of things I should not think about so that is like the loose nuts and bolts found in the junkyard. Or when I get clumsy with my bum knee which is like the...

always best to have positive thoughts

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Caminante the Bull States He's Not Going to Take It Anymore

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 8 Jul

I have always thought that the famous Spanish festival the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona was a very crazy idea and not smart to do. Finally, it is proven true with five people inured including one man who was gored by the...

caminante the bull has enough

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How to Live to 106

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 3 Jul

WWII veteran Leslie Lemon has reache his 106th birthday. He says the secret is to eat one sweet food every single day. His current favourite treat is rhubarb and custard - but is also partial to trifle and custard - and prefers...

eat sweet live to 106

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Brown Bear Has Dental Appointment

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 30 Jun

At the Lake Superior Zoo in Minnesota brown bear had to have a dentist fix his teeth. The bear named Tundra was sedated and fitted with the titanium alloy crown that was made by Creature Crowns of Post Falls, Idaho. It was created...

tundra the bear has his teeth fixed

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Oy Vey and What Problems

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 29 Jun

Today my head is filled with the song Bye Bye Love but my version is Bye Bye Right Knee. After holding me up and behaving itself after all these years the right knee is ready to retire, That leaves me with a problem However, I...

bye bye knee

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Bugs Bunny An Intelligent Rabbit

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 26 Jun

One of the cartoon characters I loved the most when I was growing up was Bugs Bunny. Now that was a rabbit with a head on his shoulders. He was always outsmarting someone and always came out on top. No one could put one over on...

trust bugs bunny he knows

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Nothing Appears to Be Sacred Anymore

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 23 Jun

A horrific suicide bombing inside a church packed with people has killed at least 20 people in Syria. On the outskirts of Damascus people were praying in the Mar Elia Church. A man threw in a grenade and then inside the church...

suicide bomber in church

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Jaws the Mechanical Shark

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (87452) • Daytona Beach, Florida 21 Jun

Remember that terrifying movie? here is a picture worth a thousand words, Steven Spielberg relaxes with the shark that made him a bundle of money,

jaws remember him

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