Personal Blog HTML Template

Share recent posts with a lightweight layout that highlights dates, categories, and excerpts.

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  <title>Letters from Olivia</title>
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    body { font-family: 'Georgia', serif; background: #fdfcf9; color: #2a1f15; }
    header { padding: 4rem 1.5rem 2rem; text-align: center; }
    header h1 { font-size: 3rem; letter-spacing: 0.08em; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
    header p { color: #5c4f44; }
    nav { margin-top: 1rem; display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 1.5rem; font-size: 0.95rem; }
    nav a { color: #5c4f44; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.15em; }
    main { max-width: 860px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 2rem 1.5rem 4rem; }
    article { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(92, 79, 68, 0.2); padding: 2rem 0; }
    article h2 { font-size: 2rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
    .meta { font-size: 0.9rem; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #8a7a6a; text-transform: uppercase; }
    .excerpt { margin: 1rem 0 1.5rem; color: #46382b; }
    .read-more { text-decoration: none; color: #a855f7; font-weight: 600; }
    aside { background: white; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 1.5rem; margin-top: 2rem; box-shadow: 0 20px 60px rgba(42, 31, 21, 0.07); }
    aside h3 { margin-bottom: 1rem; }
    aside ul { list-style: none; line-height: 1.9; color: #5c4f44; }
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    <h1>Letters from Olivia</h1>
    <p>Notes on writing, thoughtful technology, and slow living.</p>
    <nav>
      <a href="#">Home</a>
      <a href="#">Essays</a>
      <a href="#">Reading List</a>
      <a href="#">About</a>
    </nav>
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    <article>
      <div class="meta">FEB 6 · CREATIVE PRACTICE</div>
      <h2>Designing rituals around deep work</h2>
      <p class="excerpt">Five gentle guardrails that protect your best thinking time, plus my personal weekly planning ritual.</p>
      <a class="read-more" href="#">Read essay →</a>
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      <div class="meta">JAN 21 · TECH</div>
      <h2>Personal operating systems in Notion</h2>
      <p class="excerpt">A tour of my second brain setup, the dashboards that keep it manageable, and questions to ask before building your own.</p>
      <a class="read-more" href="#">Read essay →</a>
    </article>

    <aside>
      <h3>Currently obsessed with</h3>
      <ul>
        <li>✷ Analog journaling</li>
        <li>✷ Accessible design systems</li>
        <li>✷ Weeknight sourdough</li>
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