Traditional Feast Day of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Roe v Wade is Overturned   BIG hat tip to Make and Mary Drapeau who just sent me this meme yesterday.

Read More Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

By Charlie Johnston I am very sick. I do not believe it is to death, but I am very sick. Everything is off. Perception is skewed, expectation is uncertain, analysis is almost impossible because almost nothing makes any sense at all anymore. I am not sure what will heal me. I am better than I […]

Read More Light a Candle For Me

By Charlie Johnston I got a nasty bug on Monday that pretty much blew up my week. By Wednesday, I was on the mend but my voice had gone. (I’m always a little amused at certain colds because they allow me to sing bass for a while). On Thursday, it literally hurt to try to […]

Read More The Lost Week

By Charlie Johnston One of my favorite book titles is Dennis Lehane’s, Mystic River. Lehane is perhaps the most literarily pleasing of the authors of crime thrillers. At his best, it can make his work sublime. At his worst, he ends up channeling his inner James Joyce – poorly – and it is a disaster. […]

Read More The River Rolls On

By Charlie Johnston Time for some prayers, my friends. Today while driving out of Boston to head on into Ohio, the timing belt on my car broke. Fortunately, I was near an exit and was able to coast to safety. The closest garage was a family owned affair. The two sons came out to help […]

Read More Grounded in Stockbridge

By Charlie Johnston Today, the CORAC website is up and live. Please bookmark it or put it in your favorites bar so you can check it regularly. Every time I put up a post here, it will also be filed on the CORAC website under the ASOH Blog at the top menu bar.  Even if […]

Read More CORAC Website is Up