Seaweed

Building community, one post at a time

Seaweed © by Dave Graham

Today, we’re trying something a little bit different. With the latest updates regarding Post.news and their path forward seemingly causing a rather severe jolt to the micro-blogging system, I’ve been trying to figure out where to pivot to full-time. I love Medium as this is a platform where I, as an author, am rewarded (most days) for good storytelling, but I have historically always drafted my posts first in Post.news and then copied them over here. It appears my habits will have to change, so in what will be an invisible process to you, my readers, this post is entirely composed within the glistening white expanse of Medium’s editor.

I’ve always maintained that good storytelling, whether autobiographical, biographical, ethnographical, or otherwise, should have some route to the open or free domain. I’m certainly interested in remuneration, as this helps maintain my chequebook balance from month to month. Still, most of what I write are stories from what happens in the ordinary, everyday occurrences I find myself in. That I should be rewarded for such seems odd at first glance, but it’s a good incentive to keep searching, seeking, and relaying the bits and pieces of life that make it so wonderfully blessed and, at times, challenging.

There’s always a little bit of kismet that brings us together. I’ve found…