History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. I watch the recent doings in Eastern Europe and see it in Iambic Pentameter: intriguing, but hardly exciting. I have heard similar rhythms before, but these are not so intense. The players and raconteurs lack passion. The time is not right. What the world is witnessing […]

Posted on March 21st, 2014 by Zsallia
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I have been gone a short while and I remain uncertain regarding the fate of this little experiment in soul-baring; however, I felt I should at least acknowledge the passing of another year if only to remind myself of unfinished business and loose ends. Much has occurred over the past two years, some of it […]

Posted on March 19th, 2011 by Zsallia
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It has been a long pair of years for me since I wrote this post. Time passes quickly more often than not, but there has been a great deal of agonizing over the doubts and fears I exposed when I set down that road. Much has happened that cannot and will not find their way […]

Posted on October 5th, 2008 by Zsallia
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There is a missing part of me, something lacking in the mosaic of who and what I am today. It is hardly apparent when I live in isolation, but of late I dwell amongst people and invite them into my life in ways I never have before. Even when married, those who became my family […]

Posted on March 19th, 2008 by Zsallia
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There is a banner at the top of this page. Inscribed there is an inescapable truth-   The world is a tragic place. Life is not for the faint of heart.   I have uttered these words countless times and received the full range of responses from solemn acknowledgement to angry retort, but I have […]

Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Zsallia
Filed under: Life | Comments Off on Heartache