RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (91251)

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.

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Discussions (3265)

RasmaSandra's Discussions

Love Never Dies

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 28 Nov

I know, I know, the more some people hear this, some sigh, some groan, and some, like me, terrible romantics, just love it. Well, I do believe love never dies, so after I wrote about the great music and movies about the Phantom of...

phantom of the opera

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The Talking Horse

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 27 Nov

While my mind should have been occupied with reading, writing, and arithmetic, I was thinking of my favorite TV shows. I couldn’t do my English grammar very well and let’s forget about adding one number to another. The one thing...

mr ed the talking horse

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March of the Penguins

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 25 Nov

On July 23, 2005, a French-filmed documentary called “March of the Penguins” came out. It was all about emperor penguins in Antarctica. Once it was shown in theaters all over the U.S., the movie got lots of awards and even won an...

march of the emperor penguins

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Sleeping on a Dead Body

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 24 Nov

As much as this sounds like a horror story or something that comes from a Hollywood movie, unfortunately, people have found themselves sleeping on dead bodies. So when you are traveling and you arrive at your destination, check...

always check under the mattress

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France Honors Carrier Pigeons

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 23 Nov

At the entrance to the Lille Zoo in Lille, France is a statue that honors the thousands of Allied birds that served and died for France during WW I. This monument stands almost 20 feet tall. On this monument you see peace,...

carrier pigeons

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In Memory of Dad

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 22 Nov

Looking through some old papers and notebooks today, I found some old poems of mine. They were written in Latvian. This one was written 8 years after my dad died, so I was 18, and the memories still could hurt. I translated the...

poem written in latvian and translated

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Odd Circle of Bunnies

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 22 Nov

Now tell me, would you think you were seeing things if you were out walking by City Hall in Newport Beach, California, and suddenly saw a ring of 14 large white bunnies? Would you perhaps start wondering what you had been eating...

circle of bunnies

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Wonders Never Cease

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 21 Nov

Discovered this announcement in my email from The New York Times/New York Today The Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster was talking about her new job, overseeing 160 Lutheran congregations in and around New York City. She is the first woman...

not your usual pastor

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Drinking Underground

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 21 Nov

Now I don’t mean literally drinking underground, but it is below the street and the strangest place converted into a bar. It is located in London, England, and the one thing this city has an excess of is public toilets. One of...

odd choice for a bar

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Cockroach Hall of Fame

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 20 Nov

I know, I know most everyone hates the buggers known as cockroaches, but who knew they had a Hall of Fame all their own? The Cockroach Hall of Fame is located in Plano, Texas, and is owned by pest control specialist Michael...

cockroach hall of fame

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Adorable Mongooses

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 18 Nov

I think one of the cutest of wild animals is the mongoose. It has a funny name and a cute face. There are three dozen species of this animal located in Aftica and also southern Asia and southern Europe. There is the Egyptian...

adorable mongoose

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Speechless About my Grandfather

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 Nov

I mentioned this in my last post about my father and my late husband, Martin, that he had the same name as my mother’s father, who was also a Martin. I never got to meet him, but he met with a tragic end. My grandfather Martin...

my grandfather was a look alike

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Latvian Writer and Poet Eriks Raisters

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 15 Nov

On Wednesday, November 15, 1967, I was ten years old. It was the day my father went to Heaven. I had come home from school at lunchtime and wanted to spend the afternoon at home with my father, who was in bed feeling poorly. My...

anniversary of death of dad

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Introducing the Tanzanian Tree Toad

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 15 Nov

Scientists have described three amazing species of tree toad. These are unusual because when reproducing, they skip the tadpole stage, and female toads give birth to dozens of toadlets. Live birth, or skipping the egg-laying and...

tanzanian tree toad

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Frank Sinatra Quote

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 14 Nov

I found this quote by Sinatra rather inspirational and would have further added to it—and do it your way. It has provided this inspiration to me— Even though the years ahead, will be alone for me, I am my own best friend and my...

quoting frank sinatra and doing it my way

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Now and Always Eloise

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 13 Nov

A delightful children’s book titled “Eloise” was published by Kay Thompson in 1955. The author must have had an inkling that I was going to be born in 1957. It is a delightful book about a six-year-old girl named Eloise who lives...

just like eloise

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Alas Poor Iguanas

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 12 Nov

Central and Southern Florida residents are under a "falling iguana watch." On Tuesday, Nov. 11, temperatures dropped to the 30s and 40s in Florida, causing iguanas to fall out of trees. The iguanas are temporarily...

falling iguanas

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Remembering Martins’ Names Day

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 10 Nov

In Latvian tradition we have both birthdays and name days. In the Latvian calendar, when your name appears, it is your names day. My late husband Martin’s names day was on Novenber 10th. His name Martins was derived from the Latin...

remembering

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Pass The Ketchup

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 10 Nov

Ever since it was invented ketchup has been a well-loved condiment. Americans have long had a love affair with ketchup but what they have actually been eating is a condiment that is Asian. The word “ketchup” comes from an...

know your ketchup

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Eating Spinach With Popeye

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91251) • Daytona Beach, Florida 9 Nov

When I was a child, like with every child, my mom had problems getting me to eat certain foods. I was a big fan of cartoons, and I accepted the fact that what was happening in the cartoons was how things should be in life. A bit...

childhood foods

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