diff --git a/frontend/src/BlogEntry.js b/frontend/src/BlogEntry.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f464cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/BlogEntry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Module App.BlogEntry
+
+exports.mdify = function(id) {
+  var converter = new showdown.Converter()
+  elem = document.getElementById(id);
+  md = elem.innerHTML;
+  elem.innerHTML = converter.makeHtml(md);
+  return "done :)";
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/BlogEntry.purs b/frontend/src/BlogEntry.purs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c104a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/BlogEntry.purs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+module App.BlogEntry where
+
+import Control.Monad.Aff (attempt)
+import DOM (DOM)
+import Data.Argonaut (class DecodeJson, decodeJson, (.?))
+import Data.Either (Either(..), either)
+import Data.Maybe (Maybe(..))
+import Network.HTTP.Affjax (AJAX, get)
+import Prelude (bind, pure, show, ($), (<>), (<<<))
+import Pux (EffModel, noEffects)
+import Pux.Html (Html, div, h1, h2, p, text)
+import Pux.Html.Attributes (id_)
+
+data Action = RequestPost
+            | ReceivePost (Either String Post)
+            | RenderPost
+
+type State =
+  { status :: String
+  , hack   :: String
+  , id     :: Maybe Int
+  , post   :: Post
+  , name   :: String }
+
+data Post = Post
+  { title :: String
+  , body  :: String
+  , date  :: String }
+
+instance decodeJsonPost :: DecodeJson Post where
+  decodeJson json = do
+    obj <- decodeJson json
+    title <- obj .? "title"
+    body <- obj .? "body"
+    date <- obj .? "date"
+    pure $ Post { title: title, body: body, date: date }
+
+init :: State
+init =
+  { status: "Loading..."
+  , hack: ""
+  , post: Post
+    { title: ""
+    , body: ""
+    , date: "" }
+  , name: ""
+  , id: Nothing }
+
+update :: Action -> State -> EffModel State Action (ajax :: AJAX, dom :: DOM)
+update (ReceivePost (Left err)) state =
+  noEffects $ state { id = Nothing, status = err }
+update (ReceivePost (Right post)) state =
+  { state: state { status = "", id = Just 1, post = post }
+  , effects: [ pure $ RenderPost ]
+  }
+update RequestPost state =
+  { state: state
+  , effects: [ do
+      res <- attempt $ get ("/api/blog/post?name=" <> state.name)
+      let decode r = decodeJson r.response :: Either String Post
+      let post = either (Left <<< show) decode res
+      pure $ ReceivePost post
+    ]
+  }
+update RenderPost state =
+  noEffects $ state { hack = mdify "blogpost" }
+
+view :: State -> Html Action
+view { id: id, status: status, post: (Post post) } =
+      case id of
+        Nothing -> div [] []
+        (Just _) ->
+          div []
+          [ h1 [] [ text status ]
+          , div []
+            [ p [ id_ "blogpost" ] [ text post.body ] ]
+          ]
+
+foreign import mdify :: String -> String
diff --git a/frontend/src/BlogIndex.purs b/frontend/src/BlogIndex.purs
index d1b19f6..a52e6bd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/BlogIndex.purs
+++ b/frontend/src/BlogIndex.purs
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ instance decodeJsonPost :: DecodeJson Post where
 init :: State
 init =
   { posts: []
-  , status: "Loading..." }
+  , status: "" }
 
 update :: Action -> State -> EffModel State Action (ajax :: AJAX, dom :: DOM)
 update (ReceivePosts (Left err)) state =
   noEffects $ state { status = ("error: " <> err) }
 update (ReceivePosts (Right posts)) state =
-  noEffects $ state { posts = posts, status = "Posts" }
+  noEffects $ state { posts = posts, status = "" }
 update RequestPosts state =
-  { state: state { status = "Fetching posts..." }
+  { state: state { status = "Loading..." }
   , effects: [ do
       res <- attempt $ get "/api/blog/posts"
       let decode r = decodeJson r.response :: Either String Posts
@@ -79,5 +79,6 @@ view :: State -> Html Action
 view state =
   div
     []
-    [ h1 [] [ text state.status ]
+    [ h1 [] [ text "Posts" ]
+    , p [] [ text state.status ]
     , div [ className "row" ] $ map post state.posts ]
diff --git a/frontend/src/Layout.purs b/frontend/src/Layout.purs
index 86b2496..96d056a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Layout.purs
+++ b/frontend/src/Layout.purs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 module App.Layout where
 
+import App.BlogEntry as BlogEntry
 import App.BlogIndex as BlogIndex
 import App.Counter as Counter
 import App.Routes (Route(..))
+import Control.Monad.RWS (state)
 import DOM (DOM)
 import Network.HTTP.Affjax (AJAX)
 import Prelude (($), (#), map, pure)
@@ -14,29 +16,37 @@ import Pux.Router (link)
 data Action
   = Child (Counter.Action)
   | BIChild (BlogIndex.Action)
+  | BEChild (BlogEntry.Action)
   | PageView Route
 
 type State =
   { route   :: Route
   , count   :: Counter.State
-  , bistate :: BlogIndex.State }
+  , bistate :: BlogIndex.State
+  , bestate :: BlogEntry.State }
 
 init :: State
 init =
   { route: NotFound
   , count: Counter.init
-  , bistate: BlogIndex.init }
+  , bistate: BlogIndex.init
+  , bestate: BlogEntry.init }
 
 update :: Action -> State -> EffModel State Action (ajax :: AJAX, dom :: DOM)
 update (PageView route) state = routeEffects route $ state { route = route }
 update (BIChild action) state = BlogIndex.update action state.bistate
                               # mapState (state { bistate = _ })
                               # mapEffects BIChild
+update (BEChild action) state = BlogEntry.update action state.bestate
+                              # mapState (state { bestate = _ })
+                              # mapEffects BEChild
 update (Child action) state = noEffects $ state { count = Counter.update action state.count }
 
 routeEffects :: Route -> State -> EffModel State Action (dom :: DOM, ajax :: AJAX)
 routeEffects BlogIndex state = { state: state
                                , effects: [ pure BlogIndex.RequestPosts ] } # mapEffects BIChild
+routeEffects (BlogPost page) state = { state: state { bestate = BlogEntry.init { name = page } }
+                              , effects: [ pure BlogEntry.RequestPost ] } # mapEffects BEChild
 routeEffects _ state = noEffects $ state
 
 view :: State -> Html Action
@@ -71,4 +81,5 @@ page NotFound _ = h1 [] [ text "not found" ]
 page Home state = map Child $ Counter.view state.count
 page Resume state = h1 [] [ text "Christine Dodrill" ]
 page BlogIndex state = map BIChild $ BlogIndex.view state.bistate
+page (BlogPost _) state = map BEChild $ BlogEntry.view state.bestate
 page _ _ = h1 [] [ text "not implemented yet" ]
diff --git a/frontend/src/Main.purs b/frontend/src/Main.purs
index c7106b4..5f42a8a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Main.purs
+++ b/frontend/src/Main.purs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Control.Monad.Eff (Eff)
 import DOM (DOM)
 import Network.HTTP.Affjax (AJAX)
 import Prelude (bind, pure)
-import Pux (App, Config, CoreEffects, fromSimple, renderToDOM, start)
+import Pux (App, Config, CoreEffects, renderToDOM, start)
 import Pux.Devtool (Action, start) as Pux.Devtool
 import Pux.Router (sampleUrl)
 import Signal ((~>))
diff --git a/frontend/src/Routes.purs b/frontend/src/Routes.purs
index 08ae9e5..111d0d7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Routes.purs
+++ b/frontend/src/Routes.purs
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ match url = fromMaybe NotFound $ router url $
     Home <$ end
   <|>
     BlogIndex <$ lit "blog" <* end
+  <|>
+    BlogPost <$> (lit "blog" *> str) <* end