Subscribe Now!

Sean Dietrich Articles

Super

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — If you’re a boy, and you’re thinking of marrying a Southern woman like I did, you’d do well to understand how she thinks first. Take for instance, my wife, Jamie. I’ve spent years in training beneath her tutelage. I’ve learned a few things....
Read More

People next door

OPINION — Marie was a Waffle-House waitress with two kids. She smoked like a fish, worked like a trail horse, and was self-conscious about her teeth.Several of us fellas used to visit her every weekday morning for breakfast.Once she showed me a bronze token.“I’ve been...
Read More

It’s Girl Scout season

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION —It’s Girl Scout-cookie season again, which traditionally begins right after deer season, and is followed by Lent.This is the time of year when words like “Samoas,” “Shortbread Trefoils,” “Do-si-dos,” and “Tagalongs” become household names. A...
Read More

Newsboy

OPINION — Newspapers have a smell. If you’re lucky enough to find a newspaper in our digital world, you’ll notice the smell first. Fresh newsprint paper. SoySeal ink. Still warm. It’s a unique scent.I grew up throwing newspapers. Not on a bicycle. My mother and I...
Read More
Fireworks Under a Full Moon

Fireworks Under a Full Moon

Jun 30, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH Fire 9:02 p.m. — My wife and I parked beside the bay, facing the water, to watch the fireworks. I hear the distant sound of...

read more
Fireworks Under a Full Moon

Morning Walks with Harold

Jun 23, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH What I am about to tell you is going to sound ridiculous. So, I won’t blame you if you speak ill of me. All I ask is that you do it...

read more
Fireworks Under a Full Moon

Ribs and Okra

Jun 16, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH There are about 5,240 folks living in the town of Brewton. Although last week someone had twins. So, now there are more. This...

read more
Fireworks Under a Full Moon

FUN

Jun 9, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH DESTIN, Florida —The fireworks crackled above our little beach town. The moon was out. The beaches of my youth looked the way they...

read more
Fireworks Under a Full Moon

River of Heaven

Jun 2, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH This isn’t my story, it’s his. He talked, I listened. And I tried to quiet the skeptic who lives inside my brain. The tale takes...

read more
Fireworks Under a Full Moon

Andy

May 26, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH Early evening. My mother-in-law (Mother Mary) and I are watching the Andy Griffith Show. We are whistling along with the opening...

read more
Fireworks Under a Full Moon

YOU

May 20, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH Out of the seven  billion people in this world, I saw you. It was yesterday. You let a lady cut in line at the supermarket. An...

read more
Fireworks Under a Full Moon

The Georgia Story

Apr 21, 2021

By Sean Dietrich DEAR SEAN: Do you ever write anything not about gooey, syrupy love? Thanks, MARK-IN-ATLANTA DEAR MARK: I have a story for you. It...

read more
Fireworks Under a Full Moon

An Average American Love Story

Apr 15, 2021

By By Sean Dietrich They were good together. That’s what everyone said about them. Their schoolmates said it. Their friends said it. Their parents...

read more