diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5e121b6..37ba7a5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ gem "sassc-rails"
 # Use CoffeeScript to process JS
 gem "coffee-rails"
 
+# Kramdown gem to convert Markdown to HTML
+gem "kramdown", "~> 2.4"
+
 # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images]
 # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2"
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ec5fbe2..7cc99b5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ GEM
     jbuilder (2.11.5)
       actionview (>= 5.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
+    kramdown (2.4.0)
+      rexml
     loofah (2.18.0)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   debug
   importmap-rails
   jbuilder
+  kramdown (~> 2.4)
   puma (~> 6.1)
   rails (~> 7.0)
   sassc-rails
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/lumbridge.sass.erb b/app/assets/stylesheets/lumbridge.sass.erb
index 18cd763..b3c4490 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/lumbridge.sass.erb
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/lumbridge.sass.erb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ hr
   margin: 0
   padding: 0
   background: white
+  box-shadow: 0px 80px 50px -30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15)
 
 // header
 
@@ -135,13 +136,21 @@ hr
   li
     padding: 15px 20px 0
     border: 2px solid #bbb
+    border-radius: 8px
+    box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2)
 
   .post-title
     margin-bottom: 3px
+    text-decoration: underline
 
   .post-body
     margin-bottom: 0
 
+#post-header
+  #post-author
+    color: #999
+    font-style: italic
+
 // footer section
 
 #footer
diff --git a/app/controllers/blog_controller.rb b/app/controllers/blog_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f35402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/blog_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class BlogController < ApplicationController
+  def index
+    @posts = Post.all()
+  end
+
+  def show
+    @post = Post.find(params[:id])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cffb445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class Post < ApplicationRecord
+
+  def renderBody()
+    Kramdown::Document.new(self.body).to_html()
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/app/views/blog/index.html.erb b/app/views/blog/index.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..feebf3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/blog/index.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<h1 class="u-text-center">Bit Goblin Blog</h1>
+
+<% if @posts.length > 0 %>
+  <ul id="post-list">
+    <% @posts.each do |post| %>
+      <li>
+        <h4 class="post-title"><a href="/blog/post/<%= post.id %>"><%= post.title %></a></h4>
+        <p class="post-body"><%= truncate(raw(post.renderBody()), :length => 300, :escape => false) %></p>
+      </li>
+    <% end %>
+  </ul>
+<% else %>
+  <p>I'm sorry, there don't appear to be any blog posts published at this time. Check back later!</p>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/blog/show.html.erb b/app/views/blog/show.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4bd415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/blog/show.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<header id="post-header">
+  <h1 id="post-title" class="u-text-center"><%= @post.title %></h1>
+  <h4 id="post-author" class="u-text-center">written by <%= @post.author %></h4>
+</header>
+
+<div class="post-body">
+  <%= raw(@post.renderBody()) %>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 3e56fbd..53cc0be 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <nav id="navigation">
       <ul>
         <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
+        <li><a href="/blog">Blog</a></li>
         <li><a href="/support">Support</a></li>
         <li><a href="/contact">Contact</a></li>
       </ul>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 864dd06..d4ea6c8 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
   get "/contact", to: "welcome#contact"
   get "/support", to: "welcome#support"
+
+  get "/blog", to: "blog#index"
+  get "/blog/post/:id", to: "blog#show"
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230316173633_create_posts.rb b/db/migrate/20230316173633_create_posts.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36b9461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230316173633_create_posts.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class CreatePosts < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :posts do |t|
+      t.string :title
+      t.string :author
+      t.text :body
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59a7a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# This file is auto-generated from the current state of the database. Instead
+# of editing this file, please use the migrations feature of Active Record to
+# incrementally modify your database, and then regenerate this schema definition.
+#
+# This file is the source Rails uses to define your schema when running `bin/rails
+# db:schema:load`. When creating a new database, `bin/rails db:schema:load` tends to
+# be faster and is potentially less error prone than running all of your
+# migrations from scratch. Old migrations may fail to apply correctly if those
+# migrations use external dependencies or application code.
+#
+# It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
+
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_03_16_173633) do
+  create_table "posts", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "title"
+    t.string "author"
+    t.text "body"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/posts.yml b/test/fixtures/posts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08e0d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/posts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Read about fixtures at https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/FixtureSet.html
+
+one:
+  title: MyString
+  author: MyString
+  body: MyText
+
+two:
+  title: MyString
+  author: MyString
+  body: MyText
diff --git a/test/models/post_test.rb b/test/models/post_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff155c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/post_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require "test_helper"
+
+class PostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end