Summer Solstice June 21, 2013

Summer Solstice June 21, 2013 By Diane Tegarden       Sun shows her sweet face, warming the land Under umbrellas, children play in the sand. My garden explodes in apricot and peaches Many vacationers head to the beaches. Every day is another adventure, Rife with surprises and memories that endure.     This poetryContinue reading “Summer Solstice June 21, 2013”

Word for the day…..what’s a pukka?

Ever wonder why Autumn is called Fall? ‘Fall’ is indeed a pukka Tudor word, deriving from the phrase ‘fall of the leaf’, which is first found in print in Toxophilus, 1545, an archery instruction manual by Queen Elizabeth’s tutor Roger Ascham,  in which he lists the seasons as:  “Spring tyme, Somer, faule of the leafe, and winter.”Continue reading “Word for the day…..what’s a pukka?”