Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: A few days ago when I had a picture of a box of crayons (for that day’s blog title photo) I heard back from so many of you that you could almost smell that yummy wax smell of … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: Yesterday I flunked my glare test quite miserably. I saw two sets of lights and apparently there were some letters in a box between the lights…all I saw was a black box. Not good. but my left … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The benefits and blessings I have gotten… grown from my garden… have more than compensated for the all the labor involved…and it is a labor of love. It is also a labor of intensity, passion, faith, perseverance and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson has always been one of my favorites. And then it came to me recently that it would make a beautiful epitaph. (He/she) scattered joy. I can think of no higher eulogy or … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: We know the world is changing when we sit in a waiting room…any waiting room….and watch the vast majority of the other “waiters” either reading or sending messages on their IPhone or (in a few cases) IPad. I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I just finished a wonderful old-fashioned style romance (Save My Place) which spoke, on many levels, to me since the backdrop and timing of the story matched  my own personal coming-of-age. This novella (only 150 pages….read it in … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The most popular word to come out of Jakie’s mouth these days is the word: “MINE!” Sunday Jakie will be 22 months old and in child development terminology… that must mean “Mine, Too, Too.” What Jakie doesn’t realize … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The old joke, with retired teachers, used to be “Always ask who the cook is that night at a restaurant, or the name of your server.” If you recognize the name or face of a disgruntled former student….go … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: We all occasionally get ‘down in the dumps’ and during these periods we have a tendency to think that everything is just the “same old, same old.” Actually depression is just a period of us getting distracted from … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I, once, heard an educational speaker give this (paraphrased) quote and found myself literally shaking my head while mentally disagreeing with the statement. He gave this definition of the purpose of schools and subsequent learning. ” Children enter … Continue reading →