Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: I am in love with the weather this past week-it is as if the heavens are smiling down on the Lowcountry… dropping high nineties back into the more comfortable 80’s with ( most importantly) much lower humidity. First … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: By now you early bird readers know that I was ” late… for a very important date-today’s writing! Chalk it up to having a ” Ding-bat” moment yesterday and once again leaving my mobile phone -this time at … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Today when we talk about a ” conversation piece” we can be referring to anything from a strange sculpture or crazy abstract painting to bizarre architecture or even just a wild centerpiece on a table. Originally a ” … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I am a television volume control operator when I am reading a book but just want to glance at an interesting program occasionally when I look up from the pages. Up and down goes the volume … this … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: No excuses! I got myself back to the closest ” little chapel in the woods” in Summerville-the outside early church service at my church Dorchester Presbyterian. I woke up to low humidity and low seventies… maybe it was … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Honey and I were musing the other day how freeing it is, as retired teachers, to watch the school buses rattle by our homes the first day of school and know we aren’t waiting at the other end … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday the universe just seemed to be blinking and winking throughout the day. I credit this phenomenon … to it being my friend Harriett Edwards ‘ celebration of life day! . As I walked towards the church sanctuary … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: On the way out of Wakendaw Lakes yesterday… their exit sign read: Warning: Slow Down! Police Have Already Arrested Summer for Speeding! ( I tried to take a picture of the real sign ( cuter) but an impatient … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: How many times have you stopped and watched a moving performance and thought how lucky you were to be watching this artist/celebrity or sports champion or political leader… a stand-out in any field of life… at that very … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I saw where Tuesday was Happy National Book Lovers’ Day and since I am an ardent lover of books… I felt the need to take time to pay tribute to them today. Monday I went to Wellmore to … Continue reading →