:root {
  --bg: #f4f2ed;
  --surface: #faf9f6;
  --text: #202427;
  --muted: #686d70;
  --line: #d8d4cb;
  --accent: #3d535c;
  --accent-deep: #2f424a;
  --max: 1080px;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Inter, ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  color: var(--text);
  background: var(--bg);
  line-height: 1.65;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

a:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.site-header {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  z-index: 20;
  background: rgba(244, 242, 237, 0.95);
  backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(216, 212, 203, 0.88);
}

.header-inner {
  max-width: var(--max);
  min-height: 72px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 28px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
}

.brand {
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: 1.28rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.005em;
}

.nav {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 26px;
}

.nav a {
  position: relative;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.94rem;
  transition: color 180ms ease;
}

.nav a::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 100%;
  bottom: -6px;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--accent);
  transition: right 180ms ease;
}

.nav a:hover,
.nav a[aria-current="page"] {
  color: var(--text);
}

.nav a:hover::after,
.nav a[aria-current="page"]::after {
  right: 0;
}

.hero {
  max-width: var(--max);
  min-height: 440px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 104px 28px 96px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}

.hero-main {
  max-width: 900px;
}

.eyebrow {
  margin: 0 0 20px;
  color: var(--accent);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  font-weight: 650;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.hero h1,
.page-intro h1 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: -0.028em;
  line-height: 1.12;
}

.hero h1 {
  max-width: 920px;
  font-size: clamp(2.65rem, 5.8vw, 5.25rem);
}

.section {
  padding: 84px 28px;
}

.section.alt {
  background: var(--surface);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.section-inner {
  max-width: var(--max);
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.section-heading {
  margin-bottom: 40px;
}

.section-heading h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.6vw, 3rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.16;
  letter-spacing: -0.018em;
}

.cards {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 18px;
}

.card {
  min-height: 320px;
  padding: 30px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  transition:
    transform 180ms ease,
    border-color 180ms ease,
    background 180ms ease,
    box-shadow 180ms ease;
}

.card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  border-color: #bbb6ad;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.58);
  box-shadow: 0 14px 30px rgba(33, 39, 42, 0.06);
}

.card h3 {
  margin: 0 0 14px;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: 1.62rem;
  line-height: 1.2;
  font-weight: 400;
}

.card p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.98rem;
}

.card-links {
  margin-top: auto;
  padding-top: 26px;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 12px 18px;
}

.text-link {
  color: var(--accent-deep);
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  transition: color 180ms ease;
}

.text-link:hover {
  color: var(--text);
}

.text-link::after {
  content: " ↗";
  font-weight: 400;
}

.writing-list,
.book-list {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.writing-item,
.book-item {
  padding: 26px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 130px 1fr auto;
  gap: 24px;
  align-items: baseline;
  transition: background 180ms ease;
}

.writing-item:hover {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22);
}

.writing-item .meta,
.book-item .meta {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.09em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.writing-item h3,
.book-item h3 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: 1.38rem;
  line-height: 1.3;
  font-weight: 400;
}

.writing-item p,
.book-item p {
  margin: 7px 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.96rem;
}

.arrow {
  color: var(--muted);
  transition: transform 180ms ease, color 180ms ease;
}

.writing-item:hover .arrow,
.book-item:hover .arrow {
  transform: translateX(4px);
  color: var(--text);
}

.about-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 0.8fr 1.4fr;
  gap: 68px;
}

.about-facts {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.about-facts li {
  padding: 15px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.96rem;
}

.about-copy {
  max-width: 720px;
  font-size: 1.08rem;
  line-height: 1.72;
}

.about-copy p {
  margin: 0 0 20px;
}

.contact {
  background: var(--accent-deep);
  color: #f6f5f1;
}

.contact-links {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 14px;
}

.button {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  min-height: 46px;
  padding: 0 18px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.38);
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  transition:
    background 180ms ease,
    color 180ms ease,
    transform 180ms ease;
}

.button:hover {
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  background: #f6f5f1;
  color: var(--accent-deep);
}

.site-footer {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  padding: 28px;
}

.footer-inner {
  max-width: var(--max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.84rem;
}

.page-intro {
  max-width: var(--max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 96px 28px 64px;
}

.page-intro h1 {
  font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 6vw, 5rem);
}

.page-intro p {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 24px 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 1.08rem;
}

.article-list {
  max-width: var(--max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 28px 100px;
}

.article {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr;
  gap: 30px;
  padding: 30px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.article:last-child {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.article-meta {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
}

.article h2 {
  margin: 0 0 9px;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 1.58rem;
  line-height: 1.28;
}

.article p {
  margin: 0 0 13px;
  color: var(--muted);
  max-width: 760px;
  font-size: 0.96rem;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .nav {
    gap: 16px;
  }

  .hero {
    min-height: auto;
    padding-top: 82px;
    padding-bottom: 82px;
  }

  .cards {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .card {
    min-height: 0;
  }

  .about-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 36px;
  }

  .writing-item,
  .book-item {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  }

  .writing-item .meta,
  .book-item .meta {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .header-inner {
    min-height: 66px;
    padding: 0 18px;
  }

  .brand {
    font-size: 1.12rem;
  }

  .nav a:nth-child(2) {
    display: none;
  }

  .hero,
  .section,
  .page-intro,
  .article-list {
    padding-left: 18px;
    padding-right: 18px;
  }

  .hero {
    padding-top: 68px;
    padding-bottom: 70px;
  }

  .section {
    padding-top: 68px;
    padding-bottom: 68px;
  }

  .article {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 10px;
  }

  .footer-inner {
    flex-direction: column;
  }
}


.book-item {
  transition: background 180ms ease, transform 180ms ease;
}

.book-item:hover {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.28);
  transform: translateX(3px);
}

/* Writing page: category links and curated personal writing */
.writing-intro {
  padding-bottom: 70px;
}

.writing-categories,
.life-writing-section {
  max-width: var(--max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding-left: 28px;
  padding-right: 28px;
}

.writing-categories {
  padding-bottom: 86px;
}

.writing-category {
  padding: 30px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  gap: 36px;
  align-items: end;
  transition: padding-left 180ms ease, background 180ms ease;
}

.writing-category:last-child {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.writing-category:hover {
  padding-left: 10px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22);
}

.category-label {
  margin: 0 0 8px;
  color: var(--accent);
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  font-weight: 650;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.writing-category h2,
.life-writing-heading h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 3vw, 2.45rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
}

.writing-category p:not(.category-label) {
  margin: 10px 0 0;
  max-width: 690px;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.category-link {
  color: var(--accent-deep);
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.life-writing-section {
  padding-top: 82px;
  padding-bottom: 104px;
  background: var(--surface);
  max-width: none;
}

.life-writing-section > * {
  max-width: var(--max);
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}

.life-writing-heading {
  margin-bottom: 42px;
}

.writing-columns {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 56px;
}

.writing-column h3 {
  margin: 0 0 18px;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: 1.45rem;
  font-weight: 400;
}

.personal-writing-list {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.personal-writing-item {
  padding: 19px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 20px;
  font-size: 0.98rem;
  transition: padding-left 180ms ease, color 180ms ease;
}

.personal-writing-item:hover {
  padding-left: 8px;
  color: var(--accent-deep);
}

.item-arrow {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  color: var(--muted);
  transition: transform 180ms ease, color 180ms ease;
}

.personal-writing-item:hover .item-arrow {
  transform: translate(3px, -2px);
  color: var(--accent-deep);
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .writing-category {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 16px;
    align-items: start;
  }

  .writing-columns {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 48px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .writing-categories,
  .life-writing-section {
    padding-left: 18px;
    padding-right: 18px;
  }

  .writing-categories {
    padding-bottom: 66px;
  }

  .life-writing-section {
    padding-top: 66px;
    padding-bottom: 78px;
  }
}