A Carpe Diem Snapshot: After a conversation about Calendar Class last night with my first employer in Rome, Dr. Robert Moynihan of Inside...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: As all you "outside-the-box" home educators know, it is often difficult to gauge "progress" in the same way that...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The focus of the photo above is supposed to be the "green thing growing"-- the spiraling tendril of a vine on my...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Veni, Vidi, Vici! Liturgical: Good Shepherd Sunday. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: A few hours ago Rome received a new goddess for 2024, "La Dea Roma"! I witnessed her coronation under the rain at...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: More love for Tolkien in Rome today, and I caught a little of it! There was a two day international conference on...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Have you ever noticed how vibrant all the colors of nature appear after a rainstorm? Or the variety of shapes and...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: As you presumably already know, I'm rather fond of collecting wisdom quotes and proverbs, as was Benjamin Franklin...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Each day's "Carpe Diem" moment is unique, but this one certainly stands out as an out-of-the-ordinary and...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This is a "Carpe Son" moment, captured yesterday evening at the Basilica of San Pancrazio-- my Joseph lighting a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: 'Tis Snail Season at Villa Magnolia, and my girls have caught my snail mania. As they discovered this morning,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: A Carpe Diem Happy Hour with the Crosbys of the Von Hildebrand Project! Liturgical: Saturday of the Second Week of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Romeo and Juliet made an appearance at the Villa Magnolia today, and fortunately the ever-present paparazzi was on...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: "Mommy, I've got something for you that you're going to like!" My enthusiastic snail collecting Cordelia knows how...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: True, this is not the most exciting Carpe Diem snapshot I've posted, but I chose the save this visual memory of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Bubble-blowing is the fastest way to distract a toddler and delight kids of all ages. Here's a little poem...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: "There are two gifts we should give our children: one is roots and the other is wings." -Hodding Carter This quote...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The allure of a sunny Spring morning was just too great to resist today, so I ventured out- not too far from my...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Next to St. Peter's Basilica is the Italian shrine of Divine Mercy, which contains relics of Sts. Faustina and...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This glorious rising sun burned off the thick pre-dawn fog, bringing with it a perfectly pleasant Spring day- not...