Thank you!
Two and a half years ago, I closed down my WordPress website - Doug’s Blog - and started my Substack newsletter very imaginatively titled Doug’s Newletter (or Doug’s Blog, if you look closely at the URL).
And it’s been quite a ride! Just like the stock market!
I took a few hundred subscribers with me from that WordPress site, and today I have more than tripled that original list. To those of you who started with me all those years ago - when everyone, it seemed, was starting a personal blog - thank you! And to those of you who have signed on more recently, welcome!
As you know, I mostly post op-ed columns that I write for the local newspaper, the Holland Sentinel. Less often I post essays I write for the Reformed Journal, a publication I’ve been a part of (in its various iterations) since the 1980s. And even less often I post personal notes like this one to say thank you, to offer you my annual Christmas letter, or to announce the publication of a new book. (As for that last item, I’m hard at work on my next one, but will have to wait for the big reveal.)
If you haven’t subscribed, why not try it today? It’s free! And as a bonus, take a look at my new publicity photo.
Faithfully,
Doug