The Ongoing Chronicle
This chronicle grows with every new moment I choose to share. If you’re looking for the most recent piece of the journey, you’ll find it here — the latest story, fresh from the road I’m still traveling.
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(Originally Posted in 2024, Migrated to new website November 2025) Often on my “flare days” I cannot get much accomplished. My rheumatoid arthritis simply will not allow me to do most simple tasks, let alone any heavier lifting. As you can imagine, being able to lift items larger than a pen may be detrimental to…
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Where do I even begin? You could say that I have a fascination with the macabre. I honestly can’t explain how long ago it began, but somewhere along the way I became interested in everything considered “dark.” I love ghosts, cryptozoology (Loch Ness Monster, Ogopogo, Sasquatch, Etc.), psychics, mediums, psychometry, stone tape theory, UFO’s, the…
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The Bubble Boy Part Deux
12steps, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, anxiety, compassion, crisis, depression, drugs, growth, guilt, healing, health, help, life, love, mental-health, mentalhealth, recovery, relationships, shame, sobriety, steps, support, supportgroup, twelvesteps, writingIn a world gone haywire, how does one stay sane? The world is against me, after a series of events out of my control, I am a victim. I have been wronged, held back, limited, beaten down for too long and I can’t take it anymore. If only they would be more like me, think…
Ehren Ackerman 