diff --git a/content/blog/contact.md b/content/blog/contact.md
index 743add2..3cc4764 100644
--- a/content/blog/contact.md
+++ b/content/blog/contact.md
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ title = "Contacting me"
 date = 2021-02-11
 +++
 
-If you need to get in touch regarding work I've completed for you in the past, use the email I gave to you at the time, or if that's not possible, email <a href="mailto:previous-work@wynne.rs">past-work@wynne.rs</a>.
+If you need to get in touch regarding work I've completed for you in the past, use the email I gave to you at the time, or if that's not possible, email <a href="mailto:previous-work@ily.rs">previous-work@ily.rs</a>.
 
-If you want to get in touch for reasons unrelated to work, use <a href="mailto:chat@wynne.rs">chat@wynne.rs</a>. I'm generally happy chatting, and get back to my emails everyday.
+If you want to get in touch for reasons unrelated to work, use <a href="mailto:l@ily.rs">l@ily.rs</a>. I'm generally happy chatting.
diff --git a/content/reading/th.md b/content/blog/th.md
similarity index 93%
rename from content/reading/th.md
rename to content/blog/th.md
index 06b551b..699f63e 100644
--- a/content/reading/th.md
+++ b/content/blog/th.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 +++
-title = "th (2024) by me"
+title = "th"
 date = 2024-04-21
 +++
 
diff --git a/content/reading/_index.md b/content/reading/_index.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 7216ade..0000000
--- a/content/reading/_index.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-+++
-sort_by = "date"
-render = false
-+++
diff --git a/content/reading/dream_of_a_ridiculous_man.md b/content/reading/dream_of_a_ridiculous_man.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e430673..0000000
--- a/content/reading/dream_of_a_ridiculous_man.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-+++
-title = "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877) by Fyodor Dostoevsky"
-date = 2026-05-02
-draft = true
-+++
-<div class="notes">
-
-{% h(at="01") %}
-I am a ridiculous man. Nowadays they call me mad.
-{% end %}
-
-{% h(at="02") %}
-All of a sudden, I realised that it *would not matter* to me whether the world existed or whether there was nothing at all anywhere. I began to intuit and sense with all my being, that *there was nothing around me*. [...] It was then that I suddenly stopped being angry at othre people and almost ceased to notice them.
-{% end %}
-
-</div>
diff --git a/content/reading/gentle_creature.md b/content/reading/gentle_creature.md
deleted file mode 100644
index fceee93..0000000
--- a/content/reading/gentle_creature.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-+++
-title = "A Gentle Creature (1876) by Fyodor Dostoevsky"
-date = 2026-05-02
-draft = true
-+++
diff --git a/content/reading/white_nights.md b/content/reading/white_nights.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 1629f48..0000000
--- a/content/reading/white_nights.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-+++
-title = "White Nights (1848) by Fyodor Dostoevsky"
-date = 2026-05-02
-draft = true
-+++
-
-<div class="notes notes--dialogue">
-
-{{ h(at="Dreamer", body="My God, a whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?") }}
-
-{% h(at="Nastenka") %}
-Listen, why aren't we all like brothers and sisters? Why is even the best of men always seeming to hide something from the others, and to keep something back from them?
-{% end %}
-
-</div>
diff --git a/static/style.css b/static/style.css
index 759f33b..e92399d 100644
--- a/static/style.css
+++ b/static/style.css
@@ -1,52 +1,20 @@
-:root {
-  --muted: #666;
-}
-
 body {
   max-width: 70ch;
-  margin: 0 auto;
-  padding: 2rem 1.25rem;
-  line-height: 1.5;
-  font-family: Georgia, "Iowan Old Style", Palatino, serif;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 1rem;
 }
 
 h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
   font-size: inherit;
-  margin: 1.5rem 0 0.5rem;
 }
 
-h1 {
-  margin: 0 0 1.5rem;
+dt:not(:first-child) {
+  margin-top: 0.3rem;
 }
 
 h3 {
   font-style: italic;
-  font-weight: normal;
-}
-
-p {
-  margin: 0 0 1rem;
-}
-
-a {
-  color: black;
-}
-
-a:hover {
-  color: var(--muted);
-}
-
-nav {
-  margin-bottom: 2rem;
-  color: var(--muted);
-}
-
-dt:not(:first-child) {
-  margin-top: 0.5rem;
-}
-
-dd {
-  margin: 0;
 }
 
 img {
@@ -62,8 +30,8 @@ figure {
 }
 
 figcaption {
+  font-size: 0.9em;
   font-style: italic;
-  color: var(--muted);
   margin-top: 0.4rem;
   text-align: center;
 }
@@ -77,43 +45,17 @@ pre:has(> code) {
   padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
 }
 
-hr {
-  border: 0;
-  border-top: 1px solid var(--muted);
-  margin: 2rem 0;
-}
-
-.muted {
-  color: var(--muted);
+code {
+  font-size: 0.95em;
 }
 
 .anchor {
   text-decoration: none;
   margin-right: 0.3em;
-  color: var(--muted);
+  color: black;
+  opacity: 0.3;
 }
 
 .anchor:hover {
-  color: black;
-}
-
-.notes {
-  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: minmax(2.5rem, min-content) 1fr;
-  gap: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
-  margin: 1.5rem 0;
-}
-
-.notes .meta {
-  white-space: nowrap;
-  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
-  color: var(--muted);
-}
-
-.notes p { margin: 0; }
-.notes p + p { margin-top: 0.5rem; }
-
-.notes--dialogue .meta {
-  text-align: right;
-  font-style: italic;
+  opacity: 1;
 }
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index c7a58d8..a36adde 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 </head>
 <body>
   <nav>
-    <a href="/">go home</a> |
-    <a href="/links/">bookmarks</a> |
+    <a href="/">ily [dot] rs</a> |
+    <a href="/links/">links</a> |
     <a href="/now/">now</a> |
-    sign my <a href="/guestbook/">guestbook</a>
+    sign the <a href="/guestbook/">guestbook</a>
   </nav>
   {% block content %}{% endblock %}
 </body>
diff --git a/templates/blog.html b/templates/blog.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd88ae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/blog.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}ily blog{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<h1>{{ section.title }}</h1>
+<ul>
+  {% for post in section.pages %}
+  <li>{{ post.date }} — <a href="{{ post.permalink }}">{{ post.title }}</a></li>
+  {% endfor %}
+</ul>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index fcf430e..0046562 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -4,18 +4,10 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 
-<p>This site was once more complicated, but I've stripped it down to bare essentials.</p>
+<p></p>
 
 {% set blog = get_section(path="blog/_index.md") %}
 {% for post in blog.pages %}
-<span class="muted">{{ post.date }}</span>&emsp;<a href="{{ post.permalink }}">{{ post.title }}</a><br>
+{{ post.date }}&emsp;<a href="{{ post.permalink }}">{{ post.title }}</a><br>
 {% endfor %}
-
-<h2>Reading</h2>
-
-{% set reading = get_section(path="reading/_index.md") %}
-{% for post in reading.pages %}
-<span class="muted">{{ post.date}}</span>&emsp;<a href="{{ post.permalink }}">{{ post.title }}</a><br>
-{% endfor %}
-
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/shortcodes/h.html b/templates/shortcodes/h.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 93aea11..0000000
--- a/templates/shortcodes/h.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<div class="meta">{{ at }}</div>
-<div>{{ body | markdown | safe }}</div>
diff --git a/templates/shortcodes/update.html b/templates/shortcodes/update.html
index f8299f3..cfcdd66 100644
--- a/templates/shortcodes/update.html
+++ b/templates/shortcodes/update.html
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-<dt class="muted">{{ date }}</dt>
+<dt>{{ date }}</dt>
 <dd>{{ body | markdown(inline=true) | safe }}</dd>