Rasma Raisters
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My passions are writing and creating poetry. I write for several sites online and have four themed blogs on Wordpress. Please follow me on Twitter.
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The Crazy Ax Woman
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Afterward, every night at exactly midnight, the candle lit up, and one could hear the maniacal laughter of a woman. The old-timers in the closest village Pineville nodded their heads when they heard about the candlelight in the cabin's window. It simply meant the spirit of crazy Anna had returned.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Fiction
Exotic Beauty
The Amaranth or Redroot Pigween is a herbaceous plant that is known for its magenta-colored catkin flowers which bloom in the autumn and the summer. The plant has egg-shaped leaves with hairy stems and branches. It is widespread through temperate regions in northern and southern hemispheres but is endemic to the northern, eastern, and central regions of the US.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Earth
Rise and Shine
Europe The UK Kedgeree is a breakfast that dates back to the 19th century British Raj. The dish is prepared with hard-boiled eggs, smoked fish, and rice. The rice is seasoned with curry spices among them fenugreek and coriander. In England it is a popular choice for breakfast and in Scotland it is prepared with smoked haddock.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Polly Wants a Cracker
Oceania Lovely in colors of brown, orange and white feathers with orange beaks dusky lories make their home in New Guinea and on the nearby islands of Salawati and Yapen. Their habitats are tropical and subtropical lowlands and mangrove forests.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Petlife
Eating Your Way Around the Globe
Europe England You could say that the English don't just drink tea they have made tea a tradition. English Afternoon tea is taken between 3 and 5 PM in the afternoon. There are three types of tea - cream tea with scones, and jam, light tea with scones and sweets, and full tea with savories, scones, sweets, and dessert.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Cooing a Song of Love
When I saw the photos of some of these pigeons in my mind I pictured all the pigeons I had fed in my life in all kinds of city parks. Usually, they were gray, some with colored feathers around the neck, some gray, and some white. Who knew there were any other kinds?
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Petlife
The Sensational Elvis Costello
Coming on to the New Wave scene in the late 1970s was singer and songwriter Elvis Costello who seemed to resemble the late Buddy Holly. Of course, his name right away reminded most of the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley. With such a name it was guaranteed that Costello would be a success in the music business.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Beat
Spirits Roam at the Garden of Hope Cemetery
If you thought about haunted places you would probably think first about cemeteries because they have so many graves. Well at the Garden of Hope Cemetery many spirits have chosen not the stay in their graves. After all, there is still life after death.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Horror
Have Your Pasta Italian Style
Meat Sagne e fagioli is a rustic dish from the Abruzzo and Molise regions. It is prepared with beans cooked in tomato sauce with strips of homemade pasta added to the pot toward the end of cooking. The homemade noodles are made with flour and water and the sauce is made with tomatoes, celery, carrots, onions, chilli pepper and olive oil. The dish can include pancetta or pork rinds.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Feast
Poetic Words
I have been writing about my dad popular Latvian poet and writer Eriks Raisters. My dad’s life in his homeland Latvia was interrupted by WW II and he had to go into exile. That is never easy, especially for a poetic soul. Since he died in New York in 1967 he never got to return home and his poetic voice was stilled. One of the best ways to understand the soul of the poet is by finding out more about him and his poetry.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Poets
When the Other Shoe Drops
Life was good maybe too good not everyone can say this I know. I had an old two-story house in the suburbs of Riga, Latvia with a large garden. In May the lilacs bloomed and sent perfume through the air. My five apple trees and one pear tree blossomed each sping and made the garden into a with white blossoms carried by the southern breezes like snow in springtime. I had my soul mate and he and I loved each other and we had a wonderful cat named Sid who we both loved a lot. Any problems or complaints? None.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Poets
