Cape Breton Village exudes retro charm
One soft morning not long ago--when the sea off Nova Scotia seemed even bluer than it was when I lived there as a boy--I sat by a cliff in the village of Port Morien with a boyhood friend I hadn't seen for more than 50 years. (Click on the article's bold title to read the whole.)
The Jesuit Pope
Years ago, an idealistic young man in his early twenties, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, living in Argentina, where he was born in 1936, the gifted child of Italian-born parents, had his eye on an attractive girl. He withstood her appeal. Permanently. In fact he entered the Catholic priesthood and became not just any priest. He became, in 1969, a Jesuit, a member of the most revered if provocative order in Catholic history. (Click on the article's bold title to read the whole.)
Niagara-on-the-Lake has a storied past.
One of the most vivid chapters of Canada's past can be best recalled not far from water's edge in Ontario's Niagara-on-the Lake, widely known as Canada's Prettiest Town. (click on the article's main title to read the whole.)
Marriage Now
One morning in spring 2012, in Princeton New Jersey, a renowned psychiatrist got up very early. It was 4 A.M. A then frail man, he still managed to make it to his desk to write a letter. It was an apology. (Click on the article's main title to get the whole.)
Niagara-on-the-Lake lives up to its title as Canada’s prettiest town
I went back a few days ago to Niagara-on-the-Lake just in time for the bloom of early spring. (Click on the article's bold title to read the whole.)