The Cranky Oracle

Cosmic Swirl by Barb Black for Black Ink Pad Designs My Dear Fellow Humans, I need to tell you some things. No, that’s not right. I ...

Did I think about it? Of course I did. Unless one lives under a rock and/or is brain dead, it's impossible not to. Since neither of t...

What the Night by Barb Black It ’s not often that I feel completely overwhelmed. I feel things deeply and forcefully, but it rarel...

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who get and appreciate dark humor (gallows humor, if you prefer), and people who can...

We tend to think of sudden things as bad things. Sudden tragedy. Sudden death. Sudden illness. But we rarely talk about good things in su...

This is difficult for me to write. I've been sad and I'm not good at owning sadness. I have no patience for it within myself. To ...

J.P.J: September 24, 1960 - May 7, 2007 Dear John, Ten years. A decade. You used to say, "Five years will go by anyway." Le...