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...

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...