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.”

Fall Messages of Faith

Dear Reader: *Interesting God Wink. I was looking up something on the connection between the season of fall and faith and when I googled the two words …up popped my blog written just a little over a year ago today. … Continue reading

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Just Because…It Makes Me Happy!

Dear Reader: I think I have been slowly going through some kind of metamorphosis of late. If you look up the definition for this word the dictionary says: Definition of metamorphosis – (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation … Continue reading

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More Than Pink…

Dear Reader: The theme for this year’s Susan G. Komen’s Race for the Cure was…More Than Pink…and it certainly was! It was sixteen shades of blues, grays, blacks, tans, green, yellows and white. Sixteen family members and close friends who … Continue reading

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The Confederate Rose and the Race for the Cure…A Strange Metaphor of Life

Dear Reader: *** It is finally here- the RACE FOR THE CURE! And BOO IS HERE! Photos and fun on tomorrow’s blog! We are so close to our goal we could sneeze and slide into home base… so if there … Continue reading

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Thankfulness is the Beginning of Happiness

Dear Reader: One book that I keep right under the ledge that holds my desktop computer is one of my favorite all-time books…Archibald Rutledge’s little book on Life’s Extras. (This book was once given by Henry Ford to all twenty-five … Continue reading

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The Enduring Legacy of Leaving Shade Behind…

Dear Reader: I came across an article that really ‘hit home’ for me and brought back so many memories. The article, itself, will make most of you nostalgic over a special tree (s) in a grandparents’ yard or favorite aunt … Continue reading

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Welcome to Netherworld…

Dear Reader: Half of the pleasure of reading is finding innovative expressions or thoughts. Some of these really stir my imagination. In Book 12 of the Penny Louise detective novels, Armand Gamache, makes an observation that Three Pines is in … Continue reading

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A Parade of Pink Perfection

  Dear Reader: Every year when the Race for the Cure begins I find myself amazed at the diversity of people walking/running for this cause. Babies are pushed in strollers, little children are running and squealing, families are holding hands, … Continue reading

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God Loves the Little Things…

Dear Reader: Before I left to go to Edisto Beach last week an email had popped up talking about the Church of the Small Things. I glanced at it but was in a hurry to get ready to leave for … Continue reading

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Bridge to Serenity and Peace

Dear Reader: Apparently for years each of us Ya’s, individually, have been feeling the same sense of freedom and peace as we cross the McKinley Washington Bridge that takes us to Edisto Island. It is like the weight of the … Continue reading

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