A Carpe Diem Snapshot: I captured this "Roman Holiday" moment through the lovely glass storefront windows of Fabindia Roma as...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: My friend Maria, pictured to my left above, provided our Carpe Diem moment last night when we ran into each other...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Attempting to teach the Gospel to natural enemies, we introduced a foundling birdie to a baby kitten last...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Another Rome reunion is afoot! This snapshot of Romanos siblings was captured post pranzo today at the Taverna...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : The early bird catches the worm, and the early riser catches some peace and quiet... and fish. The difference...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : "Ma menomale che cé il mare che si porta ogni pensiero." Liturgical : Saturday of the 1th Week of Ordinary...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Tony spontaneously took Valentina and me with him to his appointment at the Vatican Mosaic Studio yesterday, ...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Ciao from the Villa Magnolians! Featured here are the students of the first Ave Maria University summer program,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Today's General Audience with Pope Leo XIV was very warm, not only due to the scorching sun, but also because...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Movies by moonlight tonight at the Villa Magnolia! "The Hundred-Foot Journey" was the film of choice, and I'm so...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Even days stuck at home sick in bed can provide a Carpe Diem moment, as I just discovered, when one is...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Our unexpected Carpe Diem moment today came when we were given a blessing by the Bishop of Assisi, Domenico...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: As you are probably already aware, the "Country Mouse/City Mouse" theme is one I frequently refer to, especially...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Less than a day after her first visit to a studio of a working artist, Valentina received her first professional...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Valentina and I were fortunate enough to visit the art studio of a "Baroque-style" artist yesterday, our new...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: There were many small Spanish dancers around St. Peter's today; these costumed children were not here to dance for...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Transversing Piazza San Pietro inevitably provides any number of Carpe Diem moments with the sheer number of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: We celebrated the beginning of the season of long summer nights with this beautiful view yesterday, atop a vine...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Welcome, June , and welcome, summer! It already feels like it's August here in Rome today, which was a sticky...

A Carpe Diem : Today we had the ideal visitors to celebrate the Feast of the Visitation- the Puglia mother and daughter duo re-enacted,...