Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: As a teacher and mother I have been as guilty as anyone else of misusing the phrase “Act your age please!”   One too many “So and so started it…why aren’t you yelling at so and so…why do … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: For the past few days the weather here in the Lowcountry has been unsettled…unusually warm temps for January, intermittent rain showers, fog…repeated over and over each day like we are stuck in ‘Groundhog Day’ mode… and now the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I had my latest epiphany  yesterday while watching a cooking show on ETV. I honestly can’t remember the name of this particular cook…a man from Greece I believe…but the title of his show contained his name and then … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Isn’t it a tingly feeling to think that the same Creator Who did create the mountains, oceans, and stars also thought that “the world needed one of us too” in it? A statement like that makes us feel … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: In the Sarah Addison Allen sequel to Garden Spells (First Frost) one of the main characters’ teenage daughter, Bay, wears fun, creative t-shirts to high school daily. Examples like: “I have not yet begun to procrastinate.” “Either you … Continue reading →

    Dear Reader: Some of my most favorite quotes deal with the mysticism of sunbeams (as cited in the examples below:) “I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Well…yesterday I didn’t go in the woods like Thoreau to live or find a path less traveled like Frost…I just wanted some quiet time in my garden sanctuary. I felt like finding a big, big blanket and wrapping … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I know that I am one of those weird people who actually likes to pay the monthly bills…I just can’t help myself. I find such a deep satisfaction in paying my bills in full…while gleefully picturing the frustration … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Haven’t we all been guilty of watching something on a talk show, or the news, or even hearing about something right in our own community that completely ‘unsettles’ us from our daily routine of complacency? Something that seems … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: At the funeral service, for fellow friend and educator, Ellen Styles yesterday afternoon… I think the visual quote above could have summed her life up completely. Ellen, was one of those people, whom you wanted to be around … Continue reading →