Rasma Raisters
Bio
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.
Stories (2208)
Filter by community
The Ghostly Inhabitants of Two Hollywood Hotels
The Hollywood Roosevelt is the most famous, haunted hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Today it has been refurbished and remodeled but the spirits of days gone by are still there. The Hollywood Roosevelt opened its doors in 1927 and served the movie industry as a luxury hotel. The grand opening hosted celebrities like Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, Will Rogers, Clara Bow, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford. The hotel was popular for many years to come and underwent restoration in 1984.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Horror
Singing and Dancing Through the Week Sunday
This is a short series of songs written for each day of the week. I began with songs with Monday in the title and progressing through the week we are now up to songs with Sunday in the title and will add the links to each one below as I progress.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Beat
Ghostly Happenings in California
Located in historic Old Town in San Diego, California at the intersection of San Diego Avenue and Harney Street is the Whaley House. Today it is a museum. The house is inhabited by various ghosts and some pictures that have been taken of some of these ghosts are on display in the courthouse room.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Horror
Remember Me In Your Dreams
Today when we dream we usually have different kinds of dreams. The ones that I write down and consider significant are the ones that I can remember in graphic detail. On occasion, unfortunately, people also have nightmares and those are always the most unpleasant. Lots of Americans were doubtful about dreams because in the 18th century, they considered them to be the products of bad indigestion or perhaps the beginning of mental illness. People in those days never recorded their dreams nor did they analyze them. Gradually this changed during the 19th century and people began to think of dreams as omens of things to come or perhaps even portals to another world. Soon it became fashionable to tell other people about your dreams and what your thoughts were on them.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in History
Renaissance Painter Sandro Botticelli
Earliest Artwork This Renaissance painter came into this world as Alessandro Mariana Vanni Filipepi in Florence, Italy in 1445 and became known as the famous artist Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli’s father was a tanner who had a shop in Santo Spirito a popular neighborhood in Florence. The painter became an apprentice when he was 14 at the workshop of Fra Filippo Lippi. The earliest artwork Botticelli painted was around 1465 titled “Madonna and Child”. In 1470 he already had his own workshop and even if for some reason this assignment didn’t work out he was asked to do frescoes for the Monumental Cemetery in Pisa in 1474.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Art
Davenport on the Mississippi
Davenport is located in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River. Putnam Museum and Science Center is a museum that educates visitors about history and natural sciences. The collection has 160,000 pieces. There is also a theater featuring movies about history and natural sciences. Among the permanent exhibits are an aquarium full of fish and depictions of natural habitats such as forests and caves. The Hall of Mammals has photos and interactive displays.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Wander
Sightseeing in Fredricton and Halifax
Fredricton on the Saint John River New Brunswick is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province to have both English and French as its official languages. Fredericton is the capital of New Brunswick and lies on the banks of the Saint John River.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Wander
Essen on the Ruhr River
Essen a city in the North Rhine-Westphalia state in western Germany is situated between the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Ruhr River. The city’s rapid growth was stimulated by the development of ironworks, steelworks, and coal mines in the 19th century. Essen was occupied by the French and suffered much damage during WW II as a center of the German war industry. Since then the city has been rebuilt and has large, modern administrative and office buildings and housing.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Wander
Darjeeling in the Himalayan Foothills
Darjeeling is a lovely town located in the West Bengal State of India in the Eastern Himalayan foothills. It is well-known for its distinctive black tea that is grown on plantations doting the surrounding slopes. The town’s backdrop is Mt. Kanchenjunga, among the world’s highest peaks.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Wander
Meet Some Amazing Animals
On the Land Five Species of Baboons There are five different species of baboons and they all live in Arabia or Africa. Some baboons are the world’s largest moneys. They prefer savanna and semi-arid habitats. There are a few baboons that live in tropical forests.
By Rasma Raisters2 years ago in Earth
