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.”

Popping in Five Fall Paintings

Dear Reader: I took this photo last fall and came upon it again while searching back through my posts for another picture. The sun’s rays that day formed a rainbow prism falling on a red Japanese Maple growing in among … Continue reading

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Angels Dancing in the Light

Dear Reader: I was so excited about planting my last two pintas in just the right  spot yesterday morning…that I was up and at’em a little after seven. After I dug and planted the pink pintas (to accompany the Gerber … Continue reading

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“Today is the Oldest You’ve Ever Been & the Youngest You’ll Ever Be Again”

Dear Reader: Yesterday I was in Tuesday Morning getting more wash cloths…I have decided that wash cloths are like socks…they tend to disappear or suddenly turn scrungy (is that a word?…well it is now) overnight. As I went down one … Continue reading

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The Fountain of Youth: Laughter!

Dear Reader: When I came across some adorably funny stories the other day (that took me back to the classroom again) I knew it was time to share some of these… because I had so much fun just giggling by … Continue reading

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Want Your Own Reality? Open a Book!

Dear Reader: Isn’t it wonderful that as we age and enter different stages of our lives…the idea of ‘being rich’ redefines itself? Anne invited me for lunch after church yesterday….she and her neighbors had a Greek festive dinner Saturday and … Continue reading

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Moving Forward…Towards Fear

Dear Reader: I love learning more and more about animal habits and instincts because we can apply so many of their earthy experiences to our own everyday lives…for example: Take Lions! “The King of the Jungle” Did you know that … Continue reading

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A Natural “Oxymoron” of Beauty

Dear Reader: Yesterday was one of those rare days that started out so incredibly  it just made me say “It’s a Great Day to be Alive!” It was almost eight o’clock before I got home from Mount Pleasant Thursday evening. … Continue reading

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Problems…Mountains or Molehills..It’s Up to Us

(Never Try to Solve All Your Problems at Once- Line Them Up One by One by Priority) Dear Reader: How many times have we looked back on certain problems that grew completely out of control when they could have been … Continue reading

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Days are Filled with Clues to Life’s Mysterious Connections

(Painter: Mojarto- paintings on life’s mysteries) Dear Reader: Oscar Wilde once wrote “The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”  Since yesterday I understand that paradoxical comment…sometimes it is something right in front of us that … Continue reading

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EXHALE

Dear Reader: Don’t we all deserve an “exhale” day sometimes? Yesterday was mine. It was all about me and I left any guilt twinges (for doing “nothing”) far behind. Don’t we sometimes try doing so much “good for everything” that … Continue reading

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