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.”

When No One is Looking…

*(Art work Title: “When No One is Looking on the Farm”– Artist- Lucia Masciullo) Dear Reader: *I had to laugh at the artist Masciullo’s interpretation of something that might happen when no one is looking…like ‘When pigs fly on a … Continue reading

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In a World Where You Can be Anything…BE KIND

Dear Reader: Today I look at all the career choices young men and women have that were non-existent in the seventies when I graduated from college…especially for women. The career slots were still basically medicine (as a nurse only or … Continue reading

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Almost There…But Not Quite

Dear Reader: I thought I had finished the Mitford Series with number 13 when I discovered, last week to my surprise, that a “last” novel (to date – number 14) had been added to the series. I am almost finished…but … Continue reading

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A Thousand Ways to Say “Thank You”

Dear Reader: It happened…yesterday at 3:31 p.m. – the number I had been imagining as I (peripherally) glanced at the followers count of 999 while writing three more daily posts…that elusive four-digit number 1000 and then suddenly… there it was! Oh … Continue reading

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You are as “Welcome as the Flowers in May”

Dear Reader: I remember Grandmother Wilson welcoming visitors to the farm house in the spring with these very words “You are as welcome as the flowers in May”…(I always thought it was such a sweet sentiment.) Today Grandmother would have … Continue reading

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“Deep in Their Roots, All Flowers Keep the Light”

Dear Reader: As I walked through my garden after the luscious rains had departed late Tuesday afternoon there was my little hydrangea that has hung in there for about three seasons now…not doing much…but here it was with beautiful green … Continue reading

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The “Magic” of Nature in Everyday Life

Dear Reader: Yesterday was such a “magical” day in so many ways…the results of my white cell blood count had risen…still low but no longer “critically low.” Staying off Ibrance (“The New Normal”) cancer medicine for three weeks did the … Continue reading

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Something “Old ” Under the Sun…Now “New”

Dear Reader: I don’t know if any of you saw the segment on CBS Sunday Morning News about Biomimicry…the study of finding solutions to present-day problems from nature…thus creating new innovations… I was fascinated! In the title photo…the study of … Continue reading

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Good News For a Change…

  Dear Reader: *It happened…March 29, 2019. I was officially released from the Comprehensive Wound Center/East Cooper Hospital Annex after almost six months of treatments! It was bittersweet leaving so many friends behind but I was so ready! I just … Continue reading

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“A Garden to Walk in and…”

“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in- what more could he ask? A few flowers at this feet and above him the stars.” Victor Hugo (Les Miserables) Dear Reader: This is a quote that somehow escaped me reading … Continue reading

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