Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: I got the deck cleaned off yesterday…it was a chilly start with frost…but warmed up nicely…especially in the early afternoon hours…I just wanted to curl up and take a nap on one of the lounge chairs. Instead I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: One of my favorite authors, Madeleine L’Engle’s, works are in demand again with the release of  A Wrinkle in Time…a popular children’s book turned into a movie.  She used the “story as a redemptive act” about her own father’s death … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I left for Sunday School early so I could try and catch my young confirmation partner… whom I am mentoring… during her faith journey. Since I was out of town last Sunday… during one of the scheduled … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: After all the adventures in the first week of March at Pawleys…I am ready to settle back down and take refuge in my garden, visiting my neighbors, and walking farther distances around the neighborhoods adjacent to Miler. So … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It would be a shame to leave Pawleys again without sharing one of its most famous ghosts…to leave it behind without recognition from us. He is, of course, The Gray Man of Pawleys Island. As a child, I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: For as many years as the Ya’s have been going to Pawleys Island for our winter retreat, it has been the little building directly across from Carolina Corner that has intrigued me. Each year Libby and I have … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I have come to the conclusion that it is  small comments or remarks in life that sometimes lead to the most exciting adventures! *It was Tom Hudson’s friendliness and sharing of the secret cemetery that lead us to … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Many of you read the popular blog post last year…“The Legend of the Pawley’s Island Shell.” It was my most read post of 2017. It was actually a summation of the Ya Ya’s annual winter retreat at Pawley’s but … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It was while Brooke and I were posing all over the wrong beach house last Wednesday that we had a God Wink…actually a double one. (since we bumped into him twice.) A gentleman, Tom Hudson, and his adopted … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: There was never a more appreciated sight for all the Ya’s as when we pulled into the driveway at Carolina Corner and knew we had made it to our official  “End of the winter retreat.”Hallelujah! We had already … Continue reading →