A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Yesterday after Mass we traveled half a mile down the road from the church and went back in time to our old farm,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : My little fishergirl has found her contemplative activity this summer-- fishing! She can sit in silence for a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: We have now passed Ferragosto and the Feast of the Assumption and the summer sun is waning, beginning its...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe novos amicos Italos! In another case of "All Roads Lead to Mecosta" this summer, meet our new Italian...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Amicas! A late night tea party was followed by a late morning tea party by these four sleepy girlfriends...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Kirk! The influence of the village of Mecosta on the mind and stories of Russell Kirk will be my...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe ondrata zibethicus! Yesterday we wrapped up our weekly Nature Study Club with Sheila Carroll, checking off a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Castrum! This sand castle extravaganza appears annually once a summer thanks to a family who spends the day...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: A portrait of the artist as a young woman... in what is now an unfinished shed, but will someday- hopefully soon-...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Amor! Congratulations to the newlyweds, Tom and Cece! May your marriage be filled with love, light, and...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Happy National Cat Day (in Canada, but we're close enough in Michigan to celebrate too)! This morning the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : With the full Sturgeon moon of August rising on Saturday, last night's moonrise over the trees was a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The girls learned how to put their best foot forward today at an Irish dance summer camp with Cassie Barrows. The...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: My otherwise peace-loving friend, who happens to be a psychologist, found his inner Viking yesterday when he...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Certainly the most remarkable vintage vehicle at this year's car show in Onekama was the "Lord of the Rings"...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: It was a busy first weekend of August in both Rome, with the one million people in town for the Jubilee of the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This is one of our favorite spots, the so-called "Secret Beach"! Nearby there is an artesian well fountain dubbed...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: One of Onekama's best assets is the orientation of its lake, Portage, that runs in an East-West direction,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The providential parade of particularly interesting personages to Piety Hill continues unabated! Meet my new...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : "I need to find Papua New Guinea," my Mom said as she searched the giant globe last night. She found much else...