Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: I couldn’t help but drop back and punt on a true historical story documented behind the names of this plant… more commonly known as The Devil’s Trumpet…the trumpet because of the shape of its blooms. When Stephanie shared … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The search for unicorns and balance in life, for me, are pretty much in the same category…impossible. Okay…perhaps that is a little harsh…let me re-frame that….as Captain Jack Sparrow would say  “Improbable…but not impossible.” The more I think … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I have been a “daydreamer believer” for as long as I have memory…far back into the recesses of childhood. I was that child in the classroom who was constantly caught staring out the windows turning clouds into shapes … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Every year in the spring…the eighth grade English and Social Studies classes, at my school,  timed the study of the World World II unit with the reading of the  Diary of Anne Frank. It was a powerful integrated … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday morning I woke up early thinking I would get my blood work done and out of the way as soon as my doctor’s office opened…but when I pulled in at 8:00 on the dot…there was a sign … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I had a God Wink over the weekend that has guided me into the new week. It all started with a comment from Michele Jones who graciously agreed to do the sermon while our pastor was gone yesterday. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday Honey sent me some articles from their Sunday paper (last week) in the mountains…one was about a beautiful garden a man started upon retirement and how it has been a healing sanctuary for him throughout several serious … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Joyce Carol Oates, famous author, once commented that she never gave her writing much thought, especially her part in it…she was simply doing what came naturally to her….“I’m the garden hose water flows through.” Isn’t that true of … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Every time I visit the grandchildren or they come to see me I say a little prayer…“Dear Lord, please let them stay little…just a little longer.”  But as hard as I try and as earnestly as I pray…I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I read an article the other day about the number of times in our lives we have a yearning to go home again. For me, a homesick child, that meant any time I wasn’t home, while growing up…but … Continue reading →