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.”

Taking Time to ” Be”

Dear Reader: If I could have more days like my yesterday …my heart would sing a lot louder. After our windy rainy Thursday …yesterday was picture-perfect! Bluest blue skies, cool but not too hot or cold, gentle breezes but not … Continue reading

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” Hello… Anybody There?”

Dear Reader: Is it just me… or has anybody else, who has grown children, arrived at my same realization that this generation might go down in history as the ” Lost Art of Listening” generation? I call and hear ” … Continue reading

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Life is Never Dull

Dear Reader: Yesterday was a full day when I saw God in nature as spring brings weekly new surprises , took time to pull over and sit on a bench …watching ducks and geese swim and fly by. Yesterday morning … Continue reading

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The ” Worlds”of Books

Dear Reader. Do you remember the birthday cards that were popular a few years back… ” If you were born in___( year) …and then they told you who was President at the time of your birth, the best movie, popular … Continue reading

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… ” Life and Resurrection of Beauty are Eternal”

Dear Reader: Every so often I just have to stop and read a little more Archibald Rutledge ( once Poet Laureate of SC) because his writing style is so lyrical I feel like musical notes should end each written line … Continue reading

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We Are Creatures of Feelings

Dear Reader: An interview with the director of the movie -The Godfather-Francis Ford Coppola…now celebrating its 50th anniversary … lead me on a scavenger hunt to understand the relationship between emotions, feelings, and thoughts. In an interview on CBS News … Continue reading

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Finding Our Sanctuary

Dear Reader: I am home and another Winnie the Pooh blustery day. It just hit me that March came in like a lion and hasn’t stopped roaring yet… the windiest March in a long time. ( And you readers know … Continue reading

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Seeing Sacredness in the Ordinary

Dear Reader: Yesterday was the ending of a full circle of days spent together as a family. It has been so nice cuddling with Eva Cate each afternoon as we watched the Hallmark mystery movies together-I realize our shared love … Continue reading

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Love… Feeling or Decision

Dear Reader: If lucky… we grow up feeling loved … and for many of us it takes time to realize just how blessed we were and still are to experience it. Scripture says… ” Love never fails…and now these three … Continue reading

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How We See is What We See

Dear Readers; To really see… we must be present. Charleston schools were out yesterday. Eva Cate had a play date so Mandy and I decided to take Jake to the seafood restaurant Vickery’s on Shem Creek for lunch and then … Continue reading

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