Waiting on the Sun
Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it’s all right
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it’s all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…
George Harrison, The Beatles
Today the sun shines brightly upon the two inches of snow that blanketed the yard yesterday. It hasn’t been a full week since I was complaining about the mud that seemed to surround us in the soggy gray of winter. Last night we watched the thermometer drop from 11 to 7 to 5, then zero degrees, but today, the shining sun makes 32 degrees feel almost… warm.
Despite the cold, I grabbed Daisy’s leash and outdoors we went, braving winter’s bitter bite just to be out in the sunshine. It seems so long since we’ve had a bright and sunny day, I could not help but to life my face to the sun, letting the winter wind chap my skin as I basked in the light.
Leaving what could have been a career as a newspaper reporter and breaking off on our own felt very much like stepping out of the gray of winter into the sunlight. Although news is typically printed in black and white, the truth is, the world of news reporting is a million shades of gray. Political powers, anonymous sources, advertising income, community opinion, the “truth” you read in black and white is anything but black and white.
Dark truths may be lightened by the style, humor or sympathies of the writer; the bright truths can be shaded by smear campaigns, misunderstandings, propaganda and hidden agendas. It can’t be helped, reporters are human after all and it is difficult, when surrounded by such a world of grays, to maintain a focus on the sunlight, much less bask in it.
Frank and I are quite proud, when we get the chance, to point out that Two-Lane Livin’ Magazine is “not the news.” We not writing to expose, report, or keep our readers up-to-date on the developments of the world. We’re working to educate and entertain, and that’s a world of broad-spectrum color, where light shines brightly on a regular basis. In fact, the more news we read, the more important our mission becomes.
With a copy of Two-Lane Livin’, readers step out of the gray, and into the sun. Join us in the sunlight. Pick up your print copy today, or visit us online at www.twolanelivin.com/issues.
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