i added some code to the calendar so that it renders days with 'day contents' in bold with links alternating between, say, 05.html and 05/index.html
with this new 'spot' available in my blog i can store stories for the day with its media inside the main and category trees without actually having to 'post a new story'.
so far just the rendering is worked out and i have to put a handmade #prefs.txt file into the directories.. but i can see how to make this ever more automatic as i start coming into the '+' with this feature :)