Author Archives: Becky Dingle

About Becky Dingle

I was born a Tarheel but ended up a Sandlapper. My grandparents were cotton farmers in Laurens, South Carolina and it was in my grandmother’s house that my love of storytelling began beside an old Franklin stove. When I graduated from Laurens High School, I attended Erskine College (Due West of what?) and would later get my Masters Degree in Education/Social Studies from Charleston Southern. I am presently an adjunct professor/clinical supervisor at CSU and have also taught at the College of Charleston. For 28 years I taught Social Studies through storytelling. My philosophy matched Rudyard Kipling’s quote: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Today I still spread this message through workshops and presentations throughout the state. The secret of success in teaching social studies is always in the story. I want to keep learning and being surprised by life…it is the greatest teacher. Like Kermit said, “When you’re green you grow, when you’re ripe you rot.”

It’s the Short Stories that Define Us…Not the Life Novel

Dear Reader: Like so many writers before me…there comes a time in one’s life when thoughts turn to writing that great American novel. Realistically…those are far and few between….but I once had a writer tell me that storytelling was just … Continue reading

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God Lives in an Unrestricted Time Zone

Dear Reader: When I came across this title banner…I had to laugh to myself. I might be in the cockpit as time is flying but there is definitely another pilot beside me watching me drive the plane while He looks … Continue reading

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What Makes It Hard…Your Life Mattered!

Dear Reader: In a story I was reading earlier in the week the main character had recently lost her mother in a tragic accident. She kept waiting for time to heal….but, unexpectedly, a memory of her mother would reappear out … Continue reading

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Common Sense Camp

Dear Reader: I love reading about different ideas in “Spotlight on Kindness” that pops up on my iPhone every week. They have such wonderful stories and ideas…it restores my faith in humanity. I loved this true story of one family … Continue reading

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Finding “Sacred” in the Ordinary

Dear Reader: Sometimes the ‘sacred’ among the ordinary is such a fixture in our lives we forget just how beautiful it really is… Case in point: When I first laid eyes on the ‘The old rugged (wooden) cross’ I instantly … Continue reading

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Understanding That “Nothing” is Something

Dear Reader: I was, admittedly, at one time the clutter queen. Everything around me was full of something…and most of those somethings were useless…just taking up space. I must have driven mother nuts…since she was just the opposite…she was a … Continue reading

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It’s Time for More “Moodling”!

Dear Reader: Don’t we (or at least) we know of… people who spend so much of their lives…talking about how ‘one day they are going to do this or that’ or “change their life…if  they ever can find the time.’ … Continue reading

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A “Gilded Lily”…Not Necessary But So Appreciated!

Dear Reader: I have heard the expression “Gilding the lily” but was never quite sure what it meant. I decided to research the expression and discovered that the eytymology of the phrase… has been altered from its first original line … Continue reading

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“Don’t Worry…Be Happy!”

Dear Reader: Only, we humans, have the ambiguous “luxury” of worrying. Animals know, instinctively, that there is no security in life and thus live it moment to moment… with little thought to the future. (unless “squirreling away nuts!) 🙂 Whereas … Continue reading

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“Did You Have Fun Growing Old?”

Dear Reader: I am presently reading a delightful novel by Susan Wiggs, one of my favorite summer go-to-authors. Her latest book, The Lost and Found Bookshop is perhaps my favorite. The story is about starting over…and the enduring question in-point … Continue reading

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