By SEAN DIETRICH Game Three of the World Series is on television. I’m sitting outside on my porch with a cat in my lap. It’s chilly outside. I’m...
A Kid’s Game
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Sean Dietrich Articles
Americana
By SEAN DIETRICH They are holding hands. I like it when young couples hold hands. I don’t see many kids do this very often anymore. They are sitting...
Goodbye, Miss Betty
By SEAN DIETRICH Right now I am watching “The Andy Griffith Show” on TV. This episode is one of my favorites. Barney joins the choir, but his...
AFRAID
By SEAN DIETRICH Nighttime. I’m driving a two-lane highway. I like two-lanes. I like old fence posts. Old barns. I like all sorts of things. I like...
To You
By SEAN DIETRICH Hi. We hardly know each other. And I know this won’t mean much coming from a stranger like me, but I have to say it: I’m sorry for...
THANKS
By SEAN DIETRICH Thank you for holding the door for an old woman at Cracker Barrel. You must’ve been fourteen, you were with friends. You were...
Friends
By SEAN DIETRICH It’s late night. She’s driving on an empty highway. The radio is playing something lively. She’s heading toward South Carolina. A...
The Opry
By SEAN DIETRICH Iremember going to see the Grand Ole Opry as a boy. My father drove through the busy city of Nashville. I was five, he was...
RISE
By SEAN DIETRICH I am on the beach alone. I am watching the sun lift itself high above the horizon, driving the dark away. The blue-purple morning...