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Sean Dietrich Articles

Brother John

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — Pineview Street. A nondescript house. Off-white. One story. Nothing fancy. Nice neighborhood. Manicured lawns.On the back of the house is a newly built wheelchair ramp. I knocked on the door. The caregiver answered.Inside, the first thing...
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America’s Aunt

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — Nobody knows when it started. But it did. The first jar of pickles to appear on Aunt Bee’s grave in Siler City, North Carolina, showed up in in 1989, the year she died. Legend states that the pickles were probably homemade. Although some...
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Morning in Tuscaloosa

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — The plane landed in Tuscaloosa at 8:37 p.m. Central Time. Coach Kalen DeBoer deboarded.He was met with an entourage of photographers and reporters with iPhones. DeBoer’s press conference was scheduled for 1 p.m.It was a blustery, rainy day...
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Uhhhh…

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — It’s a rainy night in Columbus, Georgia. I have an interview on the local evening news. This is a monumental occasion. My mother called to make sure I was wearing clean underwear.The last time I was in Columbus, I was in college. I was...
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Among Us

Nov 9, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH It was late. Her name was Lacy. She jumped out of her car and walked into work, wearing her food-service uniform. Visor on her...

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Fried Chicken

Nov 2, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH I was driving. I was hungry. I had to pull over because I was about to eat my own steering wheel. The Tennessee autumn was in full...

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Lessons from a Blind Dog

Oct 26, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH Lessons from my blind rescue dog: — Wherever you are, find the dog-people. — The only things in life that matter are people and...

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Alabama

Oct 19, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH Sunrise in middle Tennessee. It was four in the morning. I left my hotel early to get on the road. I had a long way to go. There...

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Morning

Oct 12, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH Morning. The lobby of my hotel is crowded. It’s breakfast time. This is the moment of day when guests emerge from rooms with...

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The Helpers

Oct 5, 2022

The hotel parking lot. Early afternoon. He was packing his truck. Slamming toolbox lids. Reorganizing luggage in the rear cab. Iowa plates. I’ve...

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Friend

Sep 28, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH I met an old friend for lunch today at a neighborhood deli. The portions were generous. The food was good. Our sandwich and burger...

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Oscar

Sep 21, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH Mobile, Alabama. Morning time. I was meeting someone important. I pulled into the parking lot of Toomey’s Beads & Bulk Mardi...

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People Watcher

Sep 14, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH The hotel lobby is about the size of an aircraft hangar. It’s like a city unto itself. They do things big in Atlanta. There are...

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