http://slow.writerscafe.org/Letemdangle The original writings of author Letemdangle en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776045970 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I stood awake as the sun pierced through the smoke. I focused to see, sulfur burned my eyes. I tried to hear the cat calls and the rantings of men murmuring into nonsense across the screen. There were doors marked by the insanity of those before us. 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Not a month passes,until we are caste.Not one year, Not a thousand years,We all accept, what we, are giv.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/768690/ Life is too short for love.Life is too long with argument.A heart is as large as it's love.A life is short, if full of argument.Terse  and pithy.,waste not wordsor time.Curt and brusque,Terms without pity.Quick and unjust.Life is such.Death and life,A waste without strife. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/768615/ With fallen men and broken walls,A lonesome soul, sets out on a journey.His past destroyed, his present vulnerable,He seeks a future unimagined.He knew the cool waters,The taste of meat. 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Hot, damn hot.My sister in law had recently given birth to her fifth child. With three of the five still receiving bottled milk from glass baby bottles, the cleaning and sterilizing job was overwhelming on this steamy day. The h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/749714/ More of a blog. Just something I wanted to write down. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/749388/ The world is filled with opposing views or different ideas and that is the distinction that allows for creativity and invention.  With tolerance we can try to understand different points of view. In some instances this tolerance will either be in short supply or the information being to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/748771/ Powerful words that ring true today with more clarity then when they were written. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/746850/ As with most everything, I take a different view on the wedding. Overtime, the reason for a wedding has changed it's focus.Firstly and most importantly, the wedding is not about the happy or disillusioned couple. Their desire to commit to each other was decided long before interfering relative.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/746241/ Imagine many many years ago, on top of a distant rock outcropping an unusual phenomenon. It looks like a gate filled with fire, water, wind and ice whirling around. Rarely discovered or witnessed by man, it remains a mystery. The few that have seen it immediately strike it with sword, fearin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/746225/ It came to me in a dream. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/746224/ A moderate description of life. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/744633/ This was a flash fiction http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/740535/ Before my wife and I were married, we had a great experience I would like to share. We were sitting on the deck of a well known restaurant having some finger food and beer. The restaurant is located above Dow's lake that runs off the Rideau  river. The building it was located in has a n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/738589/ So recently I have been career hunting and while I have been on interviews there are stunning things I have noticed by the other candidates.  Simple things that people over look that could make or break getting a position in a company.         &nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/738588/ A perspective, not a belief. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/738587/ A great kid got killed from a freak accident in my neighborhood http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Letemdangle/737043/ There are three rules that apply to contractors who who work for the rich and famous. Don't discuss their names, don't  ask about their work and never reheat Indian food in their microwaves.These are  no brainer's for the uninitiated. 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