diff --git a/posts/build_a_blog.md b/posts/build_a_blog.md
index 95fac75..f8ceded 100644
--- a/posts/build_a_blog.md
+++ b/posts/build_a_blog.md
@@ -572,7 +572,25 @@ After this initial test and a `python3 ./main.py` run, should see xml filled out
 
 Now lets finish up by generating each item entry and collecting them to be replaced in the template.
 
+And this adds another `md.convert()` call, so why not add a util to reuse a single Markdown instance.
+
 ```python
+# add a module var and helper method to reuse Markdown instance
+md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['extra', 'meta', TocExtension(anchorlink=True)])
+def convert(text):
+    md.reset()
+    return md.convert()
+
+def render_post(fpath):
+    ...
+    out = convert(text)
+
+	title = md.Meta.get('title')[0]
+	date = md.Meta.get('date')[0]
+
+	out = convert('# ' + title) + out
+    ...
+
 def rss_post_xml(post):
 	tpl = """
 	<item>
@@ -587,8 +605,7 @@ def rss_post_xml(post):
 	with open(post['fpath'], 'r') as inf:
 		text = inf.read()
 
-	md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['extra', 'meta'])
-	converted = md.convert(text)
+	converted = convert(text)
 
 	link = "https://cfebs.com/" + post['destpath']
     pubdate = email.utils.format_datetime(datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(post['date']))