Sean Dietrich

Birmingham, United States

Columnist at Freelance

Author, multi-instrumentalist, stand-up storyteller, and registered biscuit connoisseur.

Articles

Sean Dietrich: The book on my coffee table

2 weeks ago | 1819news.com | Sean Dietrich

Whenever I am feeling sad and blue, I visit my living room coffee table. I sit on my sofa, which is adorned with chew toys, claw marks, canine hair, exposed couch stuffing, and various upholstery springs, and petrified trails of dog drool that resemble evidence of past slug races. There, I consult a book that sits on my coffee table. I open this book and almost always feel better. I consult this book whenever life starts to feel heavy.
Sean of the South: The book on my coffee table

2 weeks ago | times-journal.com | Sean Dietrich

Whenever I am feeling sad and blue, I visit my living room coffee table. I sit on my sofa, which is adorned with chew toys, claw marks, canine hair, exposed couch stuffing, and various upholstery springs, and petrified trails of dog drool that resemble evidence of past slug races. There, I consult a book that sits on my coffee table. I open this book and almost always feel better. I consult this book whenever life starts to feel heavy.
Sean of the South: Call me odd but I love a good sit on the porch

3 weeks ago | galvnews.com | Sean Dietrich

I come from a long line of porch sitters. This is why I am always on my porch. In my neighborhood, I am affectionately known as “that weirdo freak who’s always on his porch.” This is usually said in a positive way. But I can’t help it. Since infanthood, the only place I ever wanted to be was a porch. There I’d be, wearing my onesie, crawling on the porch, drooling on myself and testing the maximum capacity limits of my diaper.
Vacation Bible Kids

3 weeks ago | afnn.us | Sean Dietrich

“Dear Sean,” the email began. “I teach vacation Bible school… Last year we had three Latino children whose parents are undocumented immigrants…“Church leadership felt it best not to allow these children to attend VBS this year. It broke my heart, the kids don’t understand, I’m really struggling with this decision. What should I do?”Dear Anonymous, I can’t tell you what to do. And I can’t tell you what to think. What I can tell you, is a story.
The Book on My Coffee Table

3 weeks ago | afnn.us | Sean Dietrich

Whenever I am feeling sad and blue, I visit my living room coffee table. I sit on my sofa, which is adorned with chew toys, claw marks, canine hair, exposed couch stuffing, and various upholstery springs, and petrified trails of dog drool that resemble evidence of past slug races. There, I consult a book that sits on my coffee table. I open this book and almost always feel better. I consult this book whenever life starts to feel heavy.
Sean of the South - And that's the reason I write

3 weeks ago | advertisergleam.com | Sean Dietrich

I can’t write. I don’t know why. Every time I sit down, I can’t do it. Namely, I keep asking myself “Why are you writing this?” Then I get up and go outside. I’ve been writing professionally for upwards of a decade. And suddenly, I don’t know why I’m doing it. What’s wrong with me? Since my wife and I finished walking the Camino de Santiago, life just feels different. I don’t mean “different” in a woo-woo, spooky way. I mean in a practical way.
The Art You Find in a Waffle House

3 weeks ago | afnn.us | Sean Dietrich

Waffle House. My waitress has a bunch of tattoos. The women customers in the booth behind mine are talking about it in voices loud enough to alter the migratory patterns of waterfowl. “Did you see ALL her tattoos? Our waitress?”“I know.”“Why do they DO that to themselves?”“I know.”I personally do not have tattoos. I come from teetotalling fundamentalists whose moms ironed our Fruit of the Looms.
Sean of the South: So you want to be a writer?

3 weeks ago | 1819news.com | Sean Dietrich

“I want to be a writer…” the email began. “I was sharing my work on social media but people kept leaving hateful comments. Sometimes I’d be left in tears. “Do you have any advice? To be honest, I feel moderately forestalled. How do I get into the writing business? Should I start my own Substack?”Well, first off, congratulations on this exciting new path. The fact that you’re coming to ME for professional advice is the first step in any career’s long and steady downward spiral into flames.
Sean of the South: Why do I write?

3 weeks ago | times-journal.com | Sean Dietrich

I can’t write. I don’t know why. Every time I sit down, I can’t do it. Namely, I keep asking myself “Why are you writing this?” Then I get up and go outside. I’ve been writing professionally for upwards of a decade. And suddenly, I don’t know why I’m doing it. What’s wrong with me? Since my wife and I finished walking the Camino de Santiago, life just feels different. I don’t mean “different” in a woo-woo, spooky way. I mean in a practical way.
So You Want to Be a Writer?

3 weeks ago | afnn.us | Sean Dietrich

“I want to be a writer…” the email began. “I was sharing my work on social media but people kept leaving hateful comments. Sometimes I’d be left in tears. “Do you have any advice? To be honest, I feel moderately forestalled. How do I get into the writing business? Should I start my own Substack?”Well, first off, congratulations on this exciting new path. The fact that you’re coming to ME for professional advice is the first step in any career’s long and steady downward spiral into flames.