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

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Here's another example of the far-reaching legacy of one great individual, and in this case the individual is...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: What a full morning in Rome! Today the Ave Maria University summer program students went on their official...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This isn't the prettiest Carpe Diem Snapshot, but there is a story behind it connected with today's catechesis by...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Circumstance obliged Cordelia and I to walk several miles today back and forth to the school and to run some...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Today we felt as though we had accidentally walked onto an Italian movieset when we followed a crowd of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This memorial, on the back wall of the chapel at the Venerable English College , is one of my favorites in Rome....

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Being jostled around in a mob of humanity in a Zara store is a very different experience than being shoulder to...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Have you ever met an author of an encyclopedia? Fortunately, some encyclopedias are still being printed in our...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: At the last possible minute to catch the light of the setting sun last night I finally left the villa after...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The apricots on the back terrace have ripened early this year, as Spring began a few weeks early this year in...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Happy Birthday, Grandma Kirk-- 85 years young today!! Since we couldn't be with her in Michigan, we did what she...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Cordelia and I were home "sick" today-- guess which one of us was really sick and which one of us somehow found...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Now, I know the first thing you will be asking me about this snapshot is, "Were you really that close to the Pope...

A Carpe Diem : “ Singing is the sound of the soul stretching.” – Mary Chapin Carpenter A few hours ago, the girls and I sang with the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Today I met Cordelia in a hallway of her school, which is generously decorated with famous artwork. Some of it...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Let the competition-of-the-day begin! Competition-loving former student Jay has arrived, and the girls right away...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This Carpe Diem Snapshot was sent to me from the Coffee and Cream Cafe in Mecosta, Michigan, where my Mom...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: There was a sudden thunderstorm this afternoon, which means, as far as Cordelia is concerned, that it was a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The month of May has always been associated with an abundance of flowers, both in Michigan (lilacs, lily of the...