Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: While researching a completely different topic yesterday… the fabric of our lives…I suddenly found this title picture popping up depicting a stone hashtag. Dating back to the Stone Age in a cave in South Africa … there was … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I love Carole King’s vision of her ” Way Over Yonder” secret place. ” Yonder” is a word derived from the Dutch word-‘ ” ginder ” meaning ” over there” and the English ‘yon.’ ( same meaning-just connected … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: While driving in the car yesterday… the radio announcer said. Did you know that the month of September is the most popular month used in songs… titles and lyrics? I eat trivia news like that up … so … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: While attending a teacher’s three day workshop convention, one year in my early teaching career, I listened as the moderator announced the different names of the workshops being offered and when she got to one… I was so … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Have you ever ” thought” about how many different types of thoughts cross your mind every single day? Well recently the Cleveland Clinic published these ” brain facts” after a long study to discover the number of thoughts … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Chaucer gets credit today for this familiar quote but Sir Walter Scott alluded to it ( also) in several of his writings. I grew up hearing adults around me use it on occasion and never gave it much … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: ” Unexpected kindness is the most powerful , least costly and most underrated agent of human change.” Bob Kerrey In spite of so much troubling erratic and spiteful behavior we witness more and more on social media… I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I woke up with a new perspective on life… diligently work on eating and getting lost muscle mass and weight back on and share my suggested delish secret ” weapon” with my friend, Anne, in her new … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Ever since I read The Monkey’s Paw ( published in 1902) in my high school senior English class… I still shudder over the three ” mystical” wishes that one family experiences…changing their lives forever. We also got to … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: How many times do we have to be reminded that the most important memories ( upon reflection) are always the small personal moments with humans… whether they be family, friends, or even complete strangers? Yet we spend so … Continue reading →