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.”

Snippets on Life While at the Beach

Dear Reader: Well, I’m off to Edisto today and will return at the end of the week. After the rather turbulent roller coaster ride of the past two weeks…you can only imagine how strongly the beach and camaraderie is calling … Continue reading

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Plowing Through It…

Dear Reader: Honey sent me this picture of a pink tractor earlier last week….she saw it on the way home, slammed on brakes, turned around, and went back to the Johnson Family Farms corner lot outside town (Hendersonville) to take the … Continue reading

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It Takes Courage to “Come Alive”

Dear Reader: In my memory of this latest “health escapade” in my life….the Hurricane/tropical storm Hermine will always be associated with the day of the surgery. So yesterday I decided to look and see if there was a meaning or … Continue reading

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“The Love We Give Away…is the Only Love We keep”

Dear Reader: You are all my most wonderful ‘love-keepers’ …because I have received so much love from you that it must have been hard for my surgeon to operate while I beamed brightly from all the love sent my way! … Continue reading

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Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in your journey.

Dear Reader: Whew! I was supposed to find this message because as soon as I did and read it… I felt myself exhale for the first time in a few days. I wasn’t even conscious that I have been holding … Continue reading

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An”Engaging” Evening for All!

Dear Reader: Can someone start the first note to the “Hallelujah Chorus” because I have been singing and humming it all night long? Hallelujah Chorus – Mormon Tabernacle Choir – YouTube It is September 1 and I started the blog … Continue reading

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For Me…Please Be Nice to Yourself Today!

Dear Reader: Of all God’s creatures here on earth, man is the only one who berates himself for mistakes, self-perceived or not, and becomes easily his own worst enemy on many occasions. It was Walt Kelly who came up with … Continue reading

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Hope and Faith: When One Stumbles, the Other Picks Up the Torch

Dear Reader: Yesterday morning I received some challenging news. A couple of weeks ago my oncologist decided he wanted me to have a biopsy on a small patch of dry skin near my sternum…it had been there for quite awhile … Continue reading

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We Just Aren’t Made of Atoms, but Letters that Form Stories

( Photos by Emilia Leigh-The Last Beginning Blog) Dear Reader: France seems to be calling me as I have now read three novels with different geographical locales situated in France. In my last story, the main character, Katherine, travels to … Continue reading

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” Adopt the Pace of Nature: Her Secret is Patience”

Dear Reader: Yesterday as I ran several errands returning to a hot car after each completion, I, once again, wished the future would push the present out more rapidly, so Fall would return faster with cooler weather. The stage is … Continue reading

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