Winter Lingers Longer

A brilliantly sunny Saturday so deftly tricked us into thinking Spring was here that I decided to pack away my winter jacket and a handful of heavy sweaters. Then Sunday came along and abruptly rescinded spring's arrival with a grey, wintry wrath. Today, more of the same. April tends to be the rainiest month here on the north coast, so I'm not expecting any reliable amount of sunshine for at least a few weeks longer.

And, adding to the dreary weather, listening to NPR coverage this morning about the events in Iraq over the weekend has cast a horribly grey pall over the day. As I wrote earlier, I can't remember a time in my life when I was so steadily, consistently upset and disturbed by the news, talking back to the radio and hoping that each piece of bad news will bring us one step closer to the removal of this president from office.

That said, I'm glad to be occupied today with a last-minute freelance assignment from Premiere. I consider myself very fortunate to have remained on the payroll with Premiere Radio fairly consistently since leaving my Writer/Editor job to move to New York in 1998. First, a six-month freelance project in 2000, then full-time as Senior Writer for Carson Daly Most Requested in 2001 and most recently last month (I hit the jackpot when two writers were summoned for jury duty, meaning a whole week's worth of fill-in work for me).

Today's assignment has me writing material for country music stations, a rather humbling experience for one who knows close to nothing about the world of twang (despite my six-month tour of duty writing strictly for country stations). How quickly we learn, though! I'm pleased to inform you all that Reba McEntire will receive the Johnny Cash Visionary Award for groundbreaking music videos and that The Jenkins spent last weekend shooting their first music video. Exactly what you always wanted to know, right?

Posted by ayelet at April 12, 2004 02:09 PM