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 Scandals of Hollywood
A sad but true fact is that from its founding Los Angeles has had a bad reputation. That’s odd, isn’t it? It translates to being the City of Angels. Eastern newspapers promised immigrants that California offered sunshine, warm weather, easy living, and fortunes to be made in California’s gold fields. So they flocked to the West Coast to find poverty and death instead. A large number of them returned home.
By Rasma Raisters2 months ago in Geeks
Dead and Living in New York City
One of the most haunted buildings in New York City is located at Central Park West and 72nd Street. It is a well-known building named The Dakota and it was the home of former Beatle John Lennon. During his lifetime Lennon saw a UFO from the window of his apartment and in the long hallways the apparition of a woman he called "Crying Lady Ghost." Unfortunately, Lennon's spirit has joined this lady after his tragic murder outside of The Dakota.
By Rasma Raisters2 months ago in Horror
The Art of Michelangelo
The Greatest Painter Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance Michelangelo has been looked upon as one of history’s greatest painters. Much of his artwork achievements have been considered the best examples of artwork during the Italian Renaissance. He grew up in Florence, Italy during the late 15th century. Putting school work aside he enjoyed religious artwork and went to churches to make copies of religious paintings. This made others aware of his great talent and he was awarded an artistic apprenticeship. Michelangelo must have been blessed by God for his religious artistry as he lived up to 88 years of age whereas many other artists have died much younger.
By Rasma Raisters2 months ago in Art
Manhattan on the Big Blue and Kansas Rivers
Kansas is bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. The small city of Manhattan in northeast Kansas on the Big Blue and Kansas Rivers. It was founded in the 1850s as a "free state" town by settlers from New England Emigrant and Company. This city is home to Kansas State University.
By Rasma Raisters2 months ago in Wander
The Hatchet Man
Summer after summer the campers had heard the same spooky stories and for some of them, they were losing their charm. For new campers, they were frightening and exciting. It was upon the suggestion of a counselor that the campers voted to take a trip to the town library to choose a book with ghost stories. They were eager to hear something they hadn’t heard before. However, it turned out that that summer they didn’t need any new stories. They were going to experience something very real and very frightening.
By Rasma Raisters2 months ago in Fiction
The Sensation of Saturday Night Fever
Two things that the movie “Saturday Night Fever” taught me are that I was never a good disco dancer and the second thing was that you cannot strut down the street like John Travolta having a slice of pizza. I learned the hard way by trying his strut and ending up wearing the slice of pizza.
By Rasma Raisters2 months ago in Geeks
Haunted Hollywood Studios
There are celebrities who have passed away and appear to reprise their roles from beyond the grave at the studios where they became famous. Security guards and technicians who had to work at night in some of the older movie studios in Hollywood have had some hair-raising experiences. One such long-time employee said, ”I’ve seen some things here that I wouldn’t want to try and explain to anyone!”
By Rasma Raisters2 months ago in Horror
French Post-Impressionist Painter Paul Cezanne
The French Post-Impressionist painter, Paul Cezanne was born in Aix-en-Provence, France on January 19, 1839. It was considered that his artwork formed a bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and the dominant style started in the early 20th century – Cubism.
By Rasma Raisters2 months ago in Art