Author Archives: Becky Dingle

    Dear Reader: Don’t we admire people who we think are resilient…no matter the problems or situations that accost them in life…they, not only survive, but bloom from each encounter? Many studies have been done to try to figure … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Recently, while working in the garden, I started thinking about the variety of flowers and plants blooming away. How lucky we are to live in a world where diversity reigns over “sameness.” Take the two morning glories in … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A couple of days ago I read an article on kindness… it brought in a new insight that I had never considered before reading the article. Here are a couple of excerpted phrases that made me pause and … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: Tim came over today to help me with clearing out the “woods” behind my back yard that I have neglected for way too long….broken limbs, wisteria, weeds of every genre imaginable….in other words….the “not fun” part of … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It was so beautiful yesterday I could not stay inside…the cool weather, warm sun, and soft breezes were calling me like the sirens of old… I ended up cutting the front yard….cutting back weeds, more bamboo, and wisteria…(like … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When Mollie, Marcia, and I went into Marigold’s on Short Central yesterday…my eye caught this insightful message by C.S. Lewis… It was sitting on a chair and I immediately took a photo “shot.” I re-read it several times … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I bought this card several months ago…and when I heard Marcia, Mollie’s mom was coming…I put it aside to save for her. I told her in the card that we are two blessed grandmothers…and there has been so … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I associate ferns with Brooke’s birthday because the Ya’s always give her Lowe’s or Home Depot gift cards to help her purchase them to decorate her long front porch from end to end. I decided to decorate the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A word I first came across my junior year in high school (preparing for the Verbal SAT) has crept back into my life recently. Aesthetic: concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. Later…I remember going to Presbyterian College … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: I hope you have noticed that my front porch bench looks whiter…(since it has had a thick coating of  a mixture of pollen, dust, and dirt on it for months)…a little elbow grease and a very expensive … Continue reading →