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Sean Dietrich Articles

Sean of the South | June 27, 2024

The Airline OPINION —I’m in an airport. My wife and I are camped out at airline concourse B with other stranded airline passengers.We were all booted off our flight because the plane was overbooked. I believe I was booted off, however, because I was the only passenger...
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The Tree OPINION —In my front yard is something beautiful. Something living. Something that sometimes reminds me of my mother.It is a tree, about 80 feet tall, with a gnarled trunk, long limbs, and thick waxy leaves.When we were building our little home, some twenty...
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I heart America OPINION —An old highway. Somewhere in America. Two lanes. No shoulder. Faded yellow lines. Oh, the things you see while driving old American highways will enchant you.I pass a young woman walking the side of the highway, carrying supermarket bags. She...
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Champions OPINION —The Scripps National Spelling Bee was broadcast a few nights ago on the Ion network, drawing a staggering 14 viewers not including nursing-home residents unable to reach the remote.And I don’t know about you, but I was spellbound.The winner was a...
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AFRAID

Oct 13, 2021

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...

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To You

Oct 6, 2021

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...

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THANKS

Sep 29, 2021

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...

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Friends

Sep 22, 2021

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...

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The Opry

Sep 15, 2021

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...

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RISE

Sep 8, 2021

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...

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Otis Campbell

Sep 1, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH Currently, as I write this, a dog is sleeping on my feet. His name is Otis Campbell. He is black and white, 90 pounds, a Capricorn...

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HASH BROWNS

Aug 25, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH Waffle House was slow. It was late when we pulled in. We needed hash browns. Stat. My wife and I walked into the arctic air of the...

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The Storm

Aug 18, 2021

By SEAN DIETRICH Well, the hurricane is approaching. It’s morning, and the first thing I hear in my mother-in-law’s house is the blaring Weather...

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