I had earlier mentioned that I had started a Substack blog. My first post was on March 4. All told, I've posted 66 pieces since.
I decided to have some themed days for my posts, so I created Haiku Tuesday, Clerihew Thursday, and Dad Joke Sunday. The haiku and the clerhews are all mine. I've been focusing on published ones with photos to accompany them. I might eventually post some unpublished ones. I've also posted in between to get to that 66 figure.
So far, I'm slowly building an audience. As of noon today I was up to 126 free subscribers and 198 followers.
I had earlier mentioned that I might come up with some other themed days. I've already posted a couple of my original songs. How about Musical Monday? Of course, I don't have a enough original songs to go for long, but I could use the posts to talk about songs or albums by others with reviews or reflections.
I had considered Friday as being a day for Franciscan posts, so why not Franciscan Friday? It could be for the writings of Franciscans, Franciscan history, the Rule, my own Franciscan reflections, and so on.
Which leaves me with Wednesday and Saturday. What about Wild Card Wednesday - a day for various posts that don't fit under the other themes? And Saturday - how about I borrow a term from a former public radio friend, Simon Pontin, who used it as a day for an eclectic mix of musical pieces: "Salmagundi". The term refers to a salad plate with a mix of foods, but it also means a heterogeneous mix, or a potpourri. So it could be a day for a mix of posts, sort of like my Wednesdays.
If I do it, here would be the schedule:
Dad Joke Sunday
Musical Monday
Haiku Tuesday
Wild Card Wednesday
Clerihew Thursday
Franciscan Friday
Salmagundi Saturday
The themed days would give me a framework with which to work. It would also force me to keep writing!
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