Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: I can’t believe it has been three years since Mandy called to tell me that Jakie had decided to come on my birthday…I was overcome with emotion…What is better than one birthday?…two…together! There will always be a special … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I mentioned in yesterday’s blog that as I drove back into town Thursday evening (in the footsteps of an earlier thundershower) I cut through old Lincolnville Road and came out right at the intersection adjacent to Town Hall. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: We did it! We waited out summer and got  our reward- fall ! It finally came! Aren’t these flowers beautiful! Mandy’s wonderful mother-in-law Joan and daughter Michele couldn’t have kicked off the fall season in a more exquisite … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Jakie’s and my birthday is drawing nearer. Having given the candle situation some serious consideration, I have decided in the best interests of all cake lovers…we should go with Jakie’s birthday age for candle coverage. Besides not having … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Several years ago, when I was still supervising student teachers (clinical interns) –  one of my young trainees did a lesson on Spookley the Square Pumpkin for her unit on shapes and numbers one October near Halloween. It … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The other night I had ‘one of those nights’ when I couldn’t  fall sleep. There really wasn’t anything pressing on my mind… still I felt physically tired but unfortunately mentally alert. All kinds of crazy images  floating through … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Friday, on the blog post, when we talked about going back to “Old School” when it comes to technology…several of you nodded your agreement to this wishful concept. Jo Dufford said: “Your blog today about “Slowing Life Down” … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Moving Day! Strikes terror in the most courageous hearts! We all keep memories of past moving days pushed back (as far as we can) into the deepest recesses of our own personal recollections. The last two days have … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It has taken me a lifetime to realize that the time period we live in on earth has its own unique clock. The pace is set by the life styles of people living within different cultures at the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It is hard to believe that we are now in the middle of September. Fall fell early for the lowcountry…a week or more of wonderful low humidity, fall weather….before and during Hurricane Irma. I raised my windows, turned … Continue reading →