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.”

It’s a Fine Line: Becoming Mature Enough to be Childlike

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: Madeleine L’Engle once said: “A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.” As children, don’t we all remember wanting to be … Continue reading →

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“We are all visitors to this time and place”…

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: One evening, as I watching Jeopardy, I heard a buzzer go off (several times) dismissing the correct answer because a contestant forgot to frame the answer into a form of a question. In a sense don’t the rules … Continue reading →

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“It Doesn’t take a Long Time for a Long Time to Pass”

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: I thoroughly enjoyed all the stories in the latest edition of Azalea Magazine but one article, Family Tides by Tara Bailey, really struck home with me a familiar ritual, as well as, I am sure many of you. Summer … Continue reading →

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Our Individual Hidden Cosmos

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: In one of Jerry Seinfeld’s  questions on life (in his famous sit-con series) he wondered out-loud to Elaine one day (reflecting on his parent’s move to a tiny condo in Florida) why when people got older…everything started shrinking … Continue reading →

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Answer the Real Question: “How is your Heart Today?”

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: The other day I came across an article which made me pause and reflect on our daily greetings and their cultural significance. We, Americans, are used to “How are you today?” as we briskly pass a stranger or … Continue reading →

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Wake Up! A Day of Wonder Awaits… In Loving Memory

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Becky Dingle

(Today we are finishing up my memories of Ireland from the summer of 2014…..memories to last me a lifetime…re-written and saved now on the Chapel of Hope Stories Pt 2…..taken from January 10, 2015-Enjoy again!) Dear Reader: What is it … Continue reading →

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” The Dying Year Was So Beautiful”… a Memory Worth Reliving

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: * By accident I came across a two-day reflection blog I did January 9 and 10 of 2015. The day I returned home from the beach, Friday June 10, my blog was going crazy….up, up, up with viewers. … Continue reading →

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Verbal Treasures and Daunting Detours in Life

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: As you know, from yesterday’s blog, I am spending an inordinate amount of time these days, set aside, for reading the biography of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. The pages are large and the print…quite tiny….one can almost … Continue reading →

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Who Shot Alexander Hamilton?

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: One of the funniest “Got Milk” commercials has to be the peanut butter sandwich stuffed in a contestants’ mouth with no milk left when he is asked the $10,000 question: “Who shot Alexander Hamilton?” on a random phone contest … Continue reading →

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“My Daddy” on Father’s Day/2016

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: Happy Father’s Day! My only wish on this day is that I had more memories of my own father. The few sketchy “memories” I have of daddy are based more on second-hand accounts…. heard from adults in my … Continue reading →

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