A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Today we feature Cordelia's artwork, created at school, where her mind was on a blooming magnolia tree with roots...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The lovely ladies of Villa Magnolia ended their first Art and Architecture class at the blooming magnolia tree at...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The waxing Full Snow Moon of February made an appearance above the heads of the still saints atop Bernini's...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Thanks to my fun friend Ashley, we Carpe Diemed and went to see the final performance of " Bernadette of Lourdes "...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Inspired by the Anne of Green Gables series we are still listening to, Valentina is extending her artistic ability...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: And so it begins! Semper incipit! Liturgical: Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Remember your leaders...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Just up the street from Cordelia's school is the Romanesque church of San Lorenzo in Piscibus, the home of the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: "Go thou to Rome," the poet urged, and so they went. And we welcomed them there with crowns of flowers......

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: We are on the cusp of the Spring semester today, and it very much feels like the calm before the storm at the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Gardening season has already arrived in Rome, and Cordelia has her garden boots on her feet and her spade in hand!...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Welcome, February! Today the girls and I celebrated the new month with freshly squeezed lemonade (it's still...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : It's February and the light is returning! It's also the month of Candlemas and groundhogs... read on for more!...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : It may be the final day of January today, but it felt like Spring to us Michiganders upon arrival in Rome this...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : All good things must come to an end! Farewell to Michigan, and farewell to Grandma Kirk! We are Romeward bound...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: While I am all for the minimalist movement in theory, when it comes to the numerous knick-knacks that the girls...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This portrait of Cordelia taken last night as a blizzard was raging outside has to be one of my all-time...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The other day happened to be Squirrel Appreciation Day , but every morning brings another opportunity to...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Isn't it funny how, once you develop a passionate interest in something, the scales fall from your eyes and that...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : We are right now preparing a simplified Burns Night Supper (there are plenty of potatoes, but meatloaf is...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: “ Edu cation is an atmosphere, a discipline, a l ife ”. This Charlotte Mason motto always springs to mind when the...