Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: At the age I am now…I don’t have the same intensity towards obtaining goals that I did when younger. Thank goodness! I have finally come to realize that changes in life usually happen slowly, like the unfolding of … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Joan, John’s mom, sent me this beautiful gazing ball a couple of years ago and it just lights up the garden. It is so iridescent that any light reflects back making the ball mirror people nearby or colorful … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Rutledge and Lachlan came over to play with Boo Boo for awhile yesterday while Mollie waited on their car to get fixed. Pirates became our favorite game…..We named Rutledge Captain Dolphin because he rode a dolphin of “hope” … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Well…I finally did it! My Ancestry DNA Test Kit arrived Wednesday afternoon and yesterday morning I got up and went straight to the kit to get started. (I would have done it Wednesday night but I kept munching … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Now this good southern home is well secured against any “haint” or “boohag/boodaddy” who might think about entering. All the doors and windows are painted blue (“Haint blue”) to ‘keep the haints from coming through.’ Sherwin-Williams (article: “The … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Monday evening something unexpected happened that  took me a few moments to register. It was an unusual act of kindness… providing a much needed smile across my face. Let me start at the beginning of the story ….since … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I am becoming pretty adept at telling time by the shadows on the driveway outside my “Happy Place” computer office/room. By just looking at the shadows in the photo…I would guess it is mid-afternoon. *(Just checked the bottom … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: This beautiful “birth stone” hanging angel that Marcia -Mollie’s mom gave me one year (several years ago)  – always lifts my spirits when I open the glass storm door to enter my happy room….the den. For the most … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday morning I realized when I went to water the garden that Mother Nature had “snuck” in during the night and done just that  for me! All the flowers and plants were beaming in satisfaction… fully refreshed and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The problem with living alone is that when the house gets messy there is no one else to blame. That said, ever since the children all moved out (long ago)…overall the level of messiness is minute in comparison … Continue reading →