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...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: At least once every summer I am sure to post a photo of these voluminous, dusky pink cumulus clouds that create a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: In honor of the birthday of Beatrix Potter, today I feature our felines, captured in a pivotal moment of their...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : In yet another "All Roads Lead to Mecosta...and Rome" example, meet my new friend Michael Grace , who lives...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Carpe myrtillus! Yesterday we had an impromptu belated blueberry pie birthday bash for the first of the four,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : "Love is the highest of all virtues" and "Your potential self is infinite" were the two pieces of tea bag...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Morning broke all misty and moist, with a balmy breeze. My sister Felicia said it looked like Washington state....

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Carpe Papilio! This gorgeous giant swallowtail spent some time with us on the beach today while it was drying...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : The Kirk Center is on a roll this summer! This morning I was able to sit in on the Mackinac Center's annual...