A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Today I just had to borrow Amanda Achtman's photo with Joseph Assaf for the Carpe Diem Snapshot because every...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Those readers who know me well can probably imagine exactly what my expression is saying in this photo: "Look,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Seize the Sophie! The girls wasted no time in roping Miss Sophie Divozzo into their jewelry-making experiments...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Today's cultural pilgrim to Piety Hill is none other than Martin Cothran of Memoria College . Here he is speaking...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: So far, September is our favorite time of year in Onekama, when the crowds (such as they are) go home, the sun...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: What an exceptional day! Today we were able to introduce Fr. Hudson of Clearcreek Abbey to Fr. Nursey of St....

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The girls are savoring the rewards of labor and flavors of September this morning at Lake and Latte coffee shop in...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : So long, Summer! Astronomically speaking, we get a few more weeks of the beloved season, but meteorologically...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: A very fair fair was had by all today in the village of Mecosta! Ulysa and Tina created artwork all day long,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The soft color palette of Northern Michigan was on full display yesterday at the Arcadia Marsh Nature Preserve...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: As today's quote describes, our lives are like a play written by a hand other than our own, and we, the actors,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: In the latest delightful installment of "All Roads Lead to Mecosta (and Rome), let's all welcome Fr. Joseph Hudson...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: When I glimpsed this scene before the Sunday Feast the other evening, I quickly grabbed my camera to capture the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Michigan gave us a taste of Fall yesterday, and now we're all hoping August will rapidly recall that it is a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This morning I woke up determined to put on a "Sunday Feast" every week, not just on special occasions when we...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe pollinatores! Today was the annual Pollination Presentation at the Little River Schoolhouse that Heidi...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Buona Festa! This regal mother and child wax scuplture is older than I am and has been carted around by me from...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: There is a brief amount of time at daybreak when the light and feel of the air is quite magical, before the rising...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Seize the handbag! Cordelia insisted I use this hilarious image for the blog today. She was playing dress up, as...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: My lists may not be the most exciting subject for a snapshot, but to me this image is a thing of beauty. With...