Thursday, February 28, 2013

Memory Serves Me

Memory Serves Me by Damian Gadal
Memory Serves Me, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Issues of memory will impact us all in one form or another. It's something we can't rely on too much, and truly is just the changing shape of our own personal reality.

With time that reality degrades and becomes a confusing jumble.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

In a pinch

In a pinch by Damian Gadal
In a pinch, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Events took shape,
things that would
bend and fold our
future for years...

Monday, February 25, 2013

Obstacles

Obstacles by Damian Gadal
Obstacles, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
We repeat things until they lose their meaning,
words never intended to do more than deceive

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Clean Time

Clean Time by Damian Gadal
Clean Time, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Wash away the grit of yesterday,
put behind you roads of tears,
time to forget the twists of destiny,
explore new roads wide and clear

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Peppered

Peppered by Damian Gadal
Peppered, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Our identity burned up,
over years and years,
bled dry drip by drip,
all for the forgetting

Friday, February 22, 2013

Keyed

Keyed by Damian Gadal
Keyed, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
The world of writing has been set free,
all made possible by technology...

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Nothing

Nothing by Damian Gadal
Nothing, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
We based our future on promises
at best electioneering pipe dreams
that left us grasping at nothing...

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Backlog

Backlog by Damian Gadal
Backlog, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Given the almost instant digital world we live in there's really no excuse for operating in an analog fashion.  And yet, that's precisely how most government functions, and what little is done by computers is done with forty-plus-year-old legacy systems.

It's time for that to stop.  Government is contributing to our problems, not solving them.  It needs to get out the way and let citizens show them how things get done.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Monday, February 18, 2013

Outhouse

Outhouse by Damian Gadal
Outhouse, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Who are we to sit in judgement,
when we're just like the rest...

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Turning of the screw

Turning of the screw by Damian Gadal
Turning of the screw, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
In different times,
the world flowed,
connections were strong,
before the restraint of dreams

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Arranged

Arranged by Damian Gadal
Arranged, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Love left to languish,
slowly fades away...

Friday, February 15, 2013

Analog

Analog by Damian Gadal
Analog, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
In the midst of the shift,
the ground moved under our feet...
the world no longer looked the same,
and yet we recognized it still...
we made the change from analog,
ideas coalesced, becoming digital

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Stay on the path

Stay on the path by Damian Gadal
Stay on the path, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
The road of destiny will take you to many unexpected places.

Monday, February 11, 2013

All seeing

All seeing by Damian Gadal
All seeing, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Imagination is what makes the future possible, and dreams reality.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Once a book seller

Once a book seller by Damian Gadal
Once a book seller, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
It's should be obvious by now that ebooks have changed the landscape. I'd add that this change is for the better.

I've been learning how to put together ebooks, and have to say that if you put the time and effort into it, you'll find it gets easier as you go along.

I've been doing this to help a loved one's dream of being published come true.  Something that couldn't be done if you let a small group of publishers hold the keys to the kingdom of dreams.

 Amazon deserves a big thanks for taking the lead on making this change happen.  The rest is up to us... those who like to dream and create.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Moment of Glory

Moment of Glory by Damian Gadal
Moment of Glory, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
All I had with me was a toy,
but the moment was such that,
it had to be captured in all its glory

Friday, February 8, 2013

Make no distinction

Make no distinction by Damian Gadal
Make no distinction, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Heaven and earth,
only separated by our perception,
of seen and unseen

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Our distant shore

Our distant shore by Damian Gadal
Our distant shore, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Dreams seemed within stride,
in youth, on our distant shore...
only to wash away with the tide

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Analog Clutter

Analog Clutter by Damian Gadal
Analog Clutter, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Clinging to our cluttered past,
we call chaos order,
and let it define us

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Monday, February 4, 2013

Once upon time

Once upon  time by Damian Gadal
Once upon time, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Digital publishing is a labor of love,
ninety percent work, ten percent art.

To get things right, you must have patience.

There will be a lot of trial and error to get the coding right.

Sure, it gets easier as you go along, as do all things,
but you really need to block out some time for this.

Be prepared to put a lot of blood, sweet and tears into it.

The reward will make the effort worth it, so hang tough.

I'm sure the process will improve, in the meaning there will be growing pains.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Fate of nations

Fate of nations by Damian Gadal
Fate of nations, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Choked in rules and regulations,
freedom and creativity perish...

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Bye Bye Love

Bye Bye Love by Damian Gadal
Bye Bye Love, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
Love slips away,
taken by the tide of time,
leaving only fading memories,
standing in the shadows...

Friday, February 1, 2013

I'll get back to you

I'll get back to you by Damian Gadal
I'll get back to you, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.
The circumstances of Troy's life dictated his dreams,
putting everything beyond his reach