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Calendar Class of September 19, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Aranea! September is Spider Season! I captured a snapshot of this huge beauty yesterday afternoon and was...
Sep 19, 2025


Calendar Class of September 18, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: 'Tis the season of all things pumpkin! This year we found a new use for the decorative miniature pumpkins during...
Sep 18, 2025


Calendar Class of September 17, 2025
Early this morning I received my idea for today's Carpe Diem Snapshot when I received a message from my friend Marco Respinti , who...
Sep 17, 2025


Calendar Class of September 16, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: What a catch-- Carpe Salmo! The Latin word for salmon is salmo , which is also the root of the English word...
Sep 16, 2025


Calendar Class of September 15, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: For yesterday's Sunday Feast, Providence provided us with a very special guest, our new friend Madeleine, who...
Sep 15, 2025


Calendar Class of September 14, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Tanti Auguri, Papa Leone XIV!! In honor of his 70th Birthday today, I had these "Make Augustine Great Again...
Sep 14, 2025


Calendar Class of September 13, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Deification was the topic of discussion at the Kirk Center library yesterday, with Fr. Joseph Hudson ...
Sep 13, 2025


Calendar Class of September 12, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Carpe Vehentem (seize the bicycle)! No childhood is complete without a little ride around the neighborhood on...
Sep 12, 2025


Calendar Class of September 11, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Yesterday evening as I was washing up from our "Autumn Tea" that we hosted with family and friends (as we used to...
Sep 11, 2025


Calendar Class of September 10, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: After a little post-fair break, the artist is back on the job completing commissions. Here she is making an...
Sep 10, 2025


Calendar Class of September 9, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Hortum! Yesterday evening, my mother, sisters, and I enjoyed a home-cooked Italian meal in the incredible...
Sep 9, 2025


Calendar Class of September 8, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Wheatland Music Festival is all about preserving the traditional arts, and the dulcimer has been a constant and...
Sep 8, 2025


Calendar Class of September 7, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Today I just had to borrow Amanda Achtman's photo with Joseph Assaf for the Carpe Diem Snapshot because every...
Sep 7, 2025


Calendar Class of September 6, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Those readers who know me well can probably imagine exactly what my expression is saying in this photo: "Look,...
Sep 7, 2025


Calendar Class of September 5, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Seize the Sophie! The girls wasted no time in roping Miss Sophie Divozzo into their jewelry-making experiments...
Sep 5, 2025


Calendar Class of September 4, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Today's cultural pilgrim to Piety Hill is none other than Martin Cothran of Memoria College . Here he is speaking...
Sep 5, 2025


Calendar Class of September 3, 2025
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...
Sep 3, 2025


Calendar Class of September 2, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot: What an exceptional day! Today we were able to introduce Fr. Hudson of Clearcreek Abbey to Fr. Nursey of St....
Sep 3, 2025


Calendar Class of September 1, 2025
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...
Sep 1, 2025


Calendar Class of August 31, 2025
A Carpe Diem Snapshot : So long, Summer! Astronomically speaking, we get a few more weeks of the beloved season, but meteorologically...
Aug 31, 2025
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