Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: Mr. Turkey must feel (this year) like his fifteen minutes of fame is turning into 15 seconds! It is like people are trying to figure out when to serve Thanksgiving dinner….early, middle, or late in the day so … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I think the importance of the holiday season each year….Thanksgiving and Christmas… is to make us pause from all our daily busyness and reflect on all the blessings we have received in our life time. Mankind almost needs … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I think all of us have struggled within some kind of mental conflict -between divine pre-destination and free will. Like Madeleine L’Engle stated… “I can not believe that terrible afflictions are purposefully handed out to each of us … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday as I walked by this particular camellia bush I noticed this exquisite bud just ‘waiting to exhale.’ As I stared down at it intently…I half-expected to hear a “Whoosh” sound as its blossom unfurled in front of me. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I have never heard of a “piggy-back” epiphany but suddenly these days I am feeling it with all my senses….sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. *An”oneness” with everything in life…animate and inanimate. This new perspective  started when I … Continue reading →

(Scene from Isle of Man…one of my latest ancestral discoveries) Dear Reader: Yesterday I heard from Ancestry telling me that they had the latest updates on my personal genealogy. I was so excited when I got it. Overall the big picture … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Today we think of Lewis Carroll as the wonderful author of Alice In Wonderland, as well as, a storyteller and artist. One recurring theme in  Alice in Wonderland…is  time and how it is best spent…perhaps at a tea … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When I turned into the neighborhood late yesterday afternoon I caught the magnificence of the waning sun hitting the trees… turning their leaves a subtle but shimmering beauty behind the palm tree’s fronds. (The sheer vision of the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Since Luke came to help me Tuesday evening get all the plants inside before the first freeze… we have had cold, wet, windy weather…the kind that chills you down to the marrow of the bone if you stay … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: In my dreams I still visualize the world of my childhood. It always consisted of a big yellow sun, stars, mountains, birds, trees, seas, rainbows and flowers…always flowers everywhere. I should have known then that the creation of … Continue reading →