Author Archives: Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: … and the right time was yesterday. I was determined to be a ” good” patient. The result: new friends, lots of laughs, and a surgeon who was so ” easy on the eyes” I was sad that … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: March is the fickle month… as winter and spring fight for temperature control. This week the mornings have started off in the 40’s and ended in the 70’s… jackets and sweaters in the mornings -gone by afternoon. It … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: If it is true that ” The best things come in small packages” then a small little white book titled ” Small Graces” by Kent Nerburn is one of my favorite ” best things.” In it’s beautiful simplicity … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: While walking through the garden last week… this one lone bloom was sitting on a mound of dirt, above ground level, pulled up by some burrowing ” critter” I suppose, with only one central root still intact underground … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Have you ever read a book… undecided if you want to finish it… and then discovering ( to your immense pleasure) that the ending explained all your questions and misperceptions? Your final analysis… ” Best book I ever … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was a flurry ( blurry) day… running errands that kept me hopping from place to place. Around noon I had a ” pizza attack” and called in a large pizza while getting some banking done! I rarely … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A few weeks ago I took a leap of faith and cut back all the brittle brown stems on ” Big Red” my ” historic geranium. It looked sad and pathetic then but the gamble paid off… green … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I am just not quite ready to send Lincoln back into the recesses of my cranium treasure memory ” attic.” When I saw this ( title quote) reversing the assessment of our homes…using human feeling by letting our … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I knew I couldn’t let Presidents Day come and go this year without paying tribute to our greatest President-Abraham Lincoln. Last night I tearfully ( assassination scene) finished watching the History Channel’s three night documentary simply titled: Abraham … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: In Charleston … yesterday, Presidents Day, meant no school if… the assignments for Tuesday were complete. So Sunday night… Eva Cate face-timed me that she finished her Cold War project so she and Jake could come visit me … Continue reading →