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staff staff PUBLISHERS Adam & Cathy Baldwin PUBLISHERS AdamEDITOR & Cathy Baldwin Photo courtesy of the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau.
The space between seasons is a gift. SPRING ON THE OUTER BANKS CAN APPEAR VERY DIFFERENT COMPARED TO OTHER
It isn’t often particularly gentle, for one, and it tends to seem more like a brief period of transition than a season with distinct characteristics – blink, and you might miss it. But that’s okay. Given all the ways we’ve had to think and talk about change over the past few years, there’s something rather refreshing about the idea that one thing can become something else without too much fanfare – that life can simply be that seamless at times, or at least feel that way. The thing is that we can get so caught up in the glaringly big things. That record-breaking storm, or the sweeping epic with its multitude of grand gestures. It’s understandable, really; these are the types of situations that announce themselves, that demand the most notice by stomping in and making the most noise. But this also means that there will always be a number of quieter things, smaller instances of turning points and transformations that live in the space between other more attention-grabbing events. These smaller things are also what often make up each issue of the Sun. Like any other creative endeavor, a quarterly magazine is a genre that has certain allowances as well as certain limitations. We’ll never be in the position of being the first to cover breaking news, for example, but we can take the time to listen to an oral history or pause to pinpoint the moment where several narratives overlap. And we won’t ever be a source for local traffic and weather, but we will always be a place that considers multiple perspectives – and a place where we can be thoughtful about the stories we want to tell and why. The seasonal space we have between issues is our largest gift. It allows us time to feel our way around our stories, and even (sometimes) gives us breathing room to delve into an idea without knowing beforehand what the story is exactly – to let finally finding it come as an unexpected surprise. A journey is only considered heroic once it’s complete, after all. So whether this spring on the Outer Banks arrives like a lion or a lamb – or something entirely less memorable – this issue contains some of the stories we most hope will be remembered. Not because they make the biggest or flashiest headlines, but because they illustrate the many ways – both large and small – that this community exists well beyond the sum of its parts. As always, we hope you enjoy it. PLACES.
Amelia Boldaji EDITOR Amelia Boldaji ART DIRECTOR
Dave Rollins ART DIRECTOR Dave Rollins WRITERS
Cathy Baldwin • Amelia Boldaji CONTRIBUTORS Steve Hanf • Catherine Kozak Cathy Baldwin Katrina Mae Leuzinger Amelia Boldaji Amanda McDanel • Maggie McNinch Jonathan Clark Arabella Saunders • Corinne Saunders Catherine Kozak Katrina Mae Leuzinger PHOTOGRAPHERS Maggie McNinch Jonathan Clark Elizabeth Neal Cory Godwin • Sara Ladley Arabella Saunders Trevor Lawson • Terry Karlson Corinne SaundersNeal Ryan Navazio • Elizabeth Kati Wilkins Ryan Noble • Arianna Stewart Kate Sutherland • Kati Wilkins GRAPHIC DESIGNER Dylan Bush GRAPHIC DESIGNER Dylan Bush SALES MANAGER Furr SALESHelen MANAGER
Helen Furr ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE FaithEXECUTIVE Turek ACCOUNT Faith Turek DISTRIBUTOR Donna Roark DISTRIBUTOR Donna Roark
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