Hiking Out
Hiking Out: Surviving Depression with Humor and Insight Along the Way (2007)
Dick’s first memoir, these stories and essays are all about life seen through the eyes of a hiker. This book explores the roots of his lifelong depression, a celebration of everyday life, the places, the kind and helpful people he met along the way.
Hiking Out Again
Hiking Out Again: On Surviving Depression, a Prison Ministry, Love of Science, and Musings While Falling Asleep (2021)
Dick’s third memoir, completes a trilogy with Hiking Out (2007) and Inside and Outside (2011). The Kirkus Book Review, in reviewing his second memoir, described the author’s writing style this way. “The writing, in fact, is consistently polished. His voice is that of the subtitle’s ‘life-long hiker’ whose trails have taken him down paths both well-worn and fresh. What’s more, he does this with good cheer and a willingness to learn from everything that he encounters.”
Inside and Outside
Inside and Outside: Messages of Hope from a Life-Long Hiker and Depression Survivor (2011)
Dick’s second memoir, this is a collection of life change and inspirational stories and essays. The feature story “Life Change Discussion Group: Bringing Hope to a Medium Security Prison” is about his volunteer prison ministry. Having lost hope in his life, he can appreciate the plight of those who have lost theirs. This book is for all who seek insight, enlightenment and sweeter dreams wherever you may sleep.
Taking a Walk
Taking a Walk: Stories and Reflections on Pathways Old and New
With an array of stimulating, lighthearted, and humorous insights about life, Taking a Walk completes the quadrilogy of Dick Sederquist's memoirs. As Kirkus Book Review noted in 2011, "[Dick's] voice is that of the 'life-long hiker' whose trails have taken him down paths both well-worn and fresh. What's more, he does this with good cheer and a willingness to learn from everything he encounters."
The new collection of essay celebrates a life beyond depression, real and virtual prisons, and the challenges that come with everyday life. From missing the camp-side coffee speciality of a deceased friend to encouraging a teary stranger bound for a job interview to stories of high school overindulgences, as well as the avid hiker's own frustrations with his decreasing mobility, each of Dick's essays is a postcard-sized memory of the unexpected joys and sorrows of life as seen through his unique prism.
