Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: Isn’t there something quite special about September? In our family… birthdays reign throughout the month…but that isn’t the reason. I have never quite been able to explain the different feel to this month before I read an article … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: “Nature is the living, visible garment of God.” Goethe Now I will never have to wonder again what God will be wearing tomorrow….a thought I have had since a child….”What does God wear every day?” After coming across … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When Rutledge, Lachlan, and Mollie arrived yesterday (amidst the driling and hammering of new windows) Rutledge called out to me “I want Hope, Boo Boo”…“I want Hope, Boo Boo”! I knew, of course, he was referring to the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday about half of my fourteen vinyl windows were installed and the workers are finishing the rest today. I got so excited, after the first window was installed, that I ran around both sides of my home opening … Continue reading →

(*This Title Message Art Work was created by Kristen Delap…an artist who specializes in “Lettering, Inscriptions, Musings, and Momentos”- Check out her blog on kdelap.com- She recently wrote a wonderful blog on patience…I needed to practice a lot of it … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Dear Reader: I came across an interview with Gordon Hempton, (who I will have to admit, I had never heard of until now), and  loved every word he was saying in the discourse-things like…“Silence is not a luxury, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I had an epiphany yesterday ( well, maybe a little wink) when I walked into my den around 9:00 a.m from the garden. I had my door open and the sun was shining through the glass storm door. … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The nicest thing about looking for a certain book or a piece of jewelry or whatever it is…is that, more often than not, we get detoured by another “find.” That is what happened to bring about the idea … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: With the dog days of August nearing  its end and the official exit of summer arriving with Labor Day…the days of beach chair musings are coming to a close. What is it about sitting in a beach chair … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The other day (on the blog) we were talking about taking the initiative to design the life we wanted to live… well, the best way to do that is to “craft our life from daydreams.” Yesterday morning…that is … Continue reading →