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Calendar Class of June 25, 2025

  • Writer: Andrea Kirk Assaf
    Andrea Kirk Assaf
  • Jun 25
  • 2 min read

A Carpe Diem Snapshot:

The morning arrived cool and grey over the lake, a proper Michigan summer welcome after the Roman-like heat that hit us in Detroit upon arrival yesterday. As we waited for the flight to Grand Rapids a thunderstorm rolled in, delaying the flight but cooling the earth down. We made it home eventually and found the electricity out, though it wasn't a concern as my clever husband had prepared for these inevitabilities and intalled a generator last summer. Before dawn today the cacophany of bird chatter reluctantly drew me out of bed and out onto the porch. The chatter of another little bird across the lake (Cordelia) caught my attention so I grabbed my phone to capture the early morning Carpe Diem moment for you. The video won't upload here so it's attached to the post on IG.
The morning arrived cool and grey over the lake, a proper Michigan summer welcome after the Roman-like heat that hit us in Detroit upon arrival yesterday. As we waited for the flight to Grand Rapids a thunderstorm rolled in, delaying the flight but cooling the earth down. We made it home eventually and found the electricity out, though it wasn't a concern as my clever husband had prepared for these inevitabilities and intalled a generator last summer. Before dawn today the cacophany of bird chatter reluctantly drew me out of bed and out onto the porch. The chatter of another little bird across the lake (Cordelia) caught my attention so I grabbed my phone to capture the early morning Carpe Diem moment for you. The video won't upload here so it's attached to the post on IG.

Liturgical: Wednesday of the 12th Week of Ordinary Time

You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

Matthew 7:15-20


Sanctoral: Jutta of Thuringia (c. 1200-1260)

About the year 1260, not long before her death, Jutta lived near the non-Christians in eastern Germany. There she built a small hermitage and prayed unceasingly for their conversion. She has been venerated for centuries as the special patron of Prussia.


Human: Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop introduced the fork to American dining – 1630. How Did Forks Come to Be?


4-day dedication ceremony for Mackinac Bridge began, Michigan – 1958


Natural: This morning we heard what sounded like the howl of a wolf over the lake, but it was only the mournful call of the loon. Here's some info on the loveliest bird call on the lake.


Italian: Calamaro (squid)


Books of the Day: Summertime Nature Study Books from the Read-Aloud Revival


Quote: "Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark."


--attributed to Rabindranath Tagore

 
 
 

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