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Chronicles of Absurdia, Published by Amelia

Four Things I Learned at School

For over a decade, my peers and I navigated the right-angle corridors…
Open Journal

2026-06-02

What a bizarre night. My dreams were absolutely bonkers. I don’t even…
Open Journal

2026-06-01

Life at the farm can run together if you’re not careful. It’s…
Life and Times

Keeping Up in the Information Age

It turns out trying to “keep up” with everything in the information…
Open Journal

2026-05-17

Midnight thought: an actually useful dream where it came up that style…
Chronicles of Absurdia

Getting One Percent Better Every Day

As Charles Schulz once said, “Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most…
Chronicles of Absurdia

The Art of Unlearning

As a very young child watching Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,…
Open Journal

2026-05-14

In her post, Letters Written In Winter Kept To Ourselves, Emily talks…
Published by Amelia

Stillwater’s Daughter: Published for Your Reading Pleasure

It’s long been believed that Leonardo DaVinci said that “Art is never…