Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: Don’t we all get down sometimes and think we have made such a “mess” of our lives that we are beyond help? Our career is going down the tubes, our lifestyle is flawed, the house needs more repairs … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The title photo today is on the front of a canvas bag my neighbor Vickie gifted me for watching her cat, Fuzz, over the Easter holidays while visiting her granddaughter. Fuzz is quite a character and we always … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: From our first lesson in writing a story or doing a book report, we have been taught to make sure we include a beginning, a middle, and an ending. This “formula” we discovered… applied to everything in life… … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I am halfway through the book-The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. In this story a retired man who has never really lived-simply going through the motions and strikes of life – starts walking one day with one vague … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I remember Grandmother Wilson always describing Easter Sunday as “Joyful Sorrow” while clasping her hands together, closing her eyes and saying a silent prayer. As a small child I never understood this seemingly contradictory description…so I would just … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Last year right before Easter I had my first pandemic melt-down-an overwhelming sense of loss and sadness swept over me. For the first time since Eva Cate was born in 2010 there would be no Boo Easter Egg … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I wonder why I am so surprised when an old computer, appliance, heating and air conditioning unit, as well as, a half dozen other home apparatus breaks down? Do I forget how long I had it for and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It is hard to believe that in two years Boo’s Garden will be ten years old! Never… in my wildest imagination did I think I would still be here… adding onto my project of love that started with … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Madeleine L’ Engle said it best…”The only way to cope with the serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.” When it comes to learning all the new tricks of the trade on chrome book …I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: We usually think of the word pruning in connection to a gardening technique. As in to cut off an useless or damaged branch, limb, stem or even bloom. For the past few weeks I have been pruning back … Continue reading →