One Cheer

One Cheer, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

Once cheer for a nation falling apart, a nation going backwards, a nation in decline...

We could do better if we were willing to put our differences aside.

Party Time

Party Time, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

We lose our minds to mindless parties,
empty words, and false promises...
all that matters is that we feel good about it.

Weaved

Weaved, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

There's always odds and ends to tie up

Passing Time

Passing Time, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

Passing time has caught me losing things,
forgotten moments that won't come back,
pages of youth and visions of the past...
all gone now.

Electric Spaghetti

Electric Spaghetti, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

Our connected lives, you'd think they'd be simpler...

Off limits

Off limits, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

Discussing politics at a summer gathering isn't a good idea, especially if you're not like minded on every twisted issue, which is why I don't bring up such things.  And yet, there I found myself, trying to change the subject, trying to stay neutral and get back to enjoying the day.

It was like doing a Kaboki dance, exhausting.  American political culture has become unhealthy and unproductive.  We're divided and subdivided on every issue, where honest discussion of issues is gone.

Throw in a biased and corrupt media and you've got shark infested waters, just waiting for the next feeding frenzy.

Such is the state of the world, and why healthy discourse has become off limits.

Behind in filing

Behind in filing, a photo by Damian Gadal on Flickr.

It's the worlds of clutter that we build around ourselves that becomes overwhelming.  We've got the technology to simplify things but we use it to do the opposite.