OPINION —I used to volunteer at an animal shelter. I loved it.My favorite place in the shelter was called the “Introduction Room.” This was the room...
Sean of the South | The Introduction Room
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Sean Dietrich Articles
Sean of the South | Valentines Day
OPINION — I’ve seen her climb a mountain. On her birthday. No joke. I was beside her, praying for God to kill me. When we made it back to earth, she...
Sean of the South | Please raise your hand
OPINION — “What scares you most?” was the question asked to members of Mrs. Devonshire’s fourth-grade class. The little hands went...
Sean of the South | Free
BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION —Before sunrise. A major Southern city. It’s your all-American sports bar, a room mostly made of wood and stink.There is...
Sean of the South | A day at the dog park
OPINION — My truck cab was filled with three barking dogs and one idiot. The dogs were in the backseat. The idiot was behind the wheel. “Sit...
Sean of the South | Providence
OPINION —The old timers in my childhood used a word I never understood. The word was “Providence.” The old timers couldn’t give me an exact...
Sean of the South | The Marriage crisis
OPINION —Marriages are down 60% since the ‘70s. Divorce rates are soaring. And the New York Times reported that more 40-year-olds are choosing to...
Sean of the South | God rest ye merry columnist
BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION —A supermarket checkout line. Cheesy holiday music is playing overhead. Not the fun kind of cheesy music, but the kind once...
Sean of the South | Almost Heaven, Charlie Brown
OPINION — The snow in West Virginia clings to the world like shaving cream, covering every surface, every automotive hood, every interstate...