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Sean Dietrich Articles

Sean of the South | Aug. 8, 2024

Josh the Greeter OPINION — “WAHOO! WELCOME TO THE WAHOOS STADIUM!” That’s what he’d always say.Josh Parr’s wheelchair sat parked at the top of the stairs where he greeted all ticket holders with a high-five and a corny joke. He was the first person you saw when you...
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Sean of the South | July 18, 2024

Summer OPINION — It’s a perfect summer evening. The world is moving slow. It’s hot. The sounds of the world are music. Crickets. Insects. Frogs galore. And the magnificent sound of my redneck neighbor, Jerry, four-wheeling his pickup truck through the mud on the...
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Sean of the South

Chaplains on the Wall OPINION — It was a weekend. A lot of people were there. And by “a lot,” I mean folks were standing two or three deep.It’s one of the most popular sites in D.C. Maybe the hottest spot in the whole town period. The tourist magazines don’t tell you...
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The not-so-little leaguers OPINION —It was just one of those things. I ran into them in the supermarket. They were no longer boys. They were young men. Gangly. Skinny. Grown men.They had sincere-looking facial hair on their faces. They had broad shoulders. They were...
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Lessons from a Blind Dog

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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Lessons from a Blind Dog

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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Lessons from a Blind Dog

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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Lessons from a Blind Dog

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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Lessons from a Blind Dog

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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Lessons from a Blind Dog

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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Lessons from a Blind Dog

Five Bucks

Sep 7, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH This is not my story. I am hearing it for the first time, just like you. He is the one who tells it. He is old. He is in a...

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My Generation

My Generation

Aug 31, 2022

BY SEAN DIETRICH They called us the TV generation. Because that was pretty much all we had. No smartphones. No computers. No internets. We had a...

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