A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This is Valentina's latest, and I believe most beautiful, design for our Four Season Schole logo! I gave her the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The sculptresses collected their various creations from Artworks today and were justifiably proud of the products...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Canis! Today's surprise arrived at the dentist's office when this extremely loving dog, Sadie, greeted us as...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: By happy coincidence, we got a three-in-one holiday today-- it's Sunday, it's the Nativity of Mary, and it's...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Valentina made this artistic arrangement for her butternut squash soup , one of the most anticipated autumnal...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The seasons are in a state of rapid transformation these days, which is probably why these weeks in Michigan...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: What a dramatic cityscape! Here is little Cordelia in the big city, at her last appointment for this year at the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Earlier this morning I experienced what the Swedes call " Gökotta ," taking in all the bird song and the slowly...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Diem moments are by definition rather spontaneous, and so it is only natural that my attempts to capture...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: For yesterday's Minor Feast of September, Valentina made a pumpkin spice cake in our sun/moon mold, which is a bit...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: It has arrived! The sweetest, most melancholy month of September is here. Cobalt blue skies, deliciously warm...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: These seven books somehow found their way back with me from the trip to New Hampshire yesterday... It's the one on...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: If you are lucky to live long enough, you may find an opportunity to observe how life can come full circle when...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: There are few things more exciting for an author than to randomly discover one's very own book on the shelf of a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The band is back together! This jubilant jam session tonight brought together students both old and new at the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This morning, we are launching Maya from Michigan to New Hampshire as she begins her second year at Thomas More...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This morning I saw a post from a neighbor on the lake about all the zebra mussels her granddaughter had cleaned...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: We caught this Carpe Diem moment just this morning when we took over toddler chasing duties so that my friend...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: It's Pollination Day at the Little River Schoolhouse! Each year, the "Butterfly Lady" Heidi Litobar and I put on...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : According to the Coffee and Cream Cafe chalkboard, today is "National Find Your Inner Nerd Day." The guys and...