diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3cdc05e..2014c9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -187,6 +187,17 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4785bdd1c96b2a846b2bd7cc02e86b6b3dbf14e7e53446c4f54c92a361040822"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c74d84029116787153e02106bf53e66828452a4b325cc8652b788b5967c0a0b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+ "time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "2.33.1"
@@ -524,6 +535,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -759,6 +776,12 @@ version = "0.2.72"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a9f8082297d534141b30c8d39e9b1773713ab50fdbe4ff30f750d063b3bfd701"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linked-hash-map"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8dd5a6d5999d9907cda8ed67bbd137d3af8085216c2ac62de5be860bd41f304a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -938,6 +961,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check 0.9.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-integer"
+version = "0.1.43"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d59457e662d541ba17869cf51cf177c0b5f0cbf476c66bdc90bf1edac4f875b"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg 1.0.0",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac267bcc07f48ee5f8935ab0d24f316fb722d7a1292e2913f0cc196b29ffd611"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg 1.0.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num_cpus"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -1604,6 +1646,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_yaml"
+version = "0.8.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae3e2dd40a7cdc18ca80db804b7f461a39bb721160a85c9a1fa30134bf3c02a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "dtoa",
+ "linked-hash-map",
+ "serde",
+ "yaml-rust",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha-1"
 version = "0.8.2"
@@ -1713,6 +1767,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7dfdd070ccd8ccb78f4ad66bf1982dc37f620ef696c6b5028fe2ed83dd3d0d08"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd80fc12f73063ac132ac92aceea36734f04a1d93c1240c6944e23a3b8841793"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -2184,8 +2258,10 @@ name = "xesite"
 version = "2.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "chrono",
  "comrak",
  "envy",
+ "glob",
  "log 0.4.8",
  "mime 0.3.16",
  "pretty_env_logger",
@@ -2193,6 +2269,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "ructe",
  "serde",
  "serde_dhall",
+ "serde_yaml",
+ "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "warp",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "yaml-rust"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39f0c922f1a334134dc2f7a8b67dc5d25f0735263feec974345ff706bcf20b0d"
+dependencies = [
+ "linked-hash-map",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 59429a3..79d88a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,17 +9,21 @@ build = "src/build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
+chrono = "0.4"
 comrak = "0.8"
 envy = "0.4"
+glob = "0.3"
 log = "0"
 mime = "0.3.0"
 pretty_env_logger = "0"
 rand = "0"
 ructe = "0.11"
 serde_dhall = "0.5.3"
+serde_yaml = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["macros"] }
 warp = "0.2"
+thiserror = "1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 ructe = { version = "0.11", features = ["warp02"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 57396ed..ba5a471 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use warp::{path, Filter};
 
 pub mod app;
 pub mod handlers;
+pub mod post;
 pub mod signalboost;
 
 use app::State;
diff --git a/src/post/frontmatter.rs b/src/post/frontmatter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cc8032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/post/frontmatter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/// This code was borrowed from @fasterthanlime.
+
+use anyhow::{Result};
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Default, Debug, Serialize, Clone)]
+pub struct Data {
+    pub title: String,
+    pub date: String,
+    pub series: Option<String>,
+    pub tags: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    pub slides_link: Option<String>,
+    pub image: Option<String>,
+    pub thumb: Option<String>,
+    pub show: Option<bool>,
+}
+
+enum State {
+    SearchForStart,
+    ReadingMarker { count: usize, end: bool },
+    ReadingFrontMatter { buf: String, line_start: bool },
+    SkipNewline { end: bool },
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+enum Error {
+    #[error("EOF while parsing frontmatter")]
+    EOF,
+    #[error("Error parsing yaml: {0:?}")]
+    Yaml(#[from] serde_yaml::Error),
+}
+
+impl Data {
+    pub fn parse(input: &str) -> Result<(Data, usize)> {
+        let mut state = State::SearchForStart;
+
+        let mut payload = None;
+        let offset;
+
+        let mut chars = input.char_indices();
+        'parse: loop {
+            let (idx, ch) = match chars.next() {
+                Some(x) => x,
+                None => return Err(Error::EOF)?,
+            };
+            match &mut state {
+                State::SearchForStart => match ch {
+                    '-' => {
+                        state = State::ReadingMarker {
+                            count: 1,
+                            end: false,
+                        };
+                    }
+                    '\n' | '\t' | ' ' => {
+                        // ignore whitespace
+                    }
+                    _ => {
+                        panic!("Start of frontmatter not found");
+                    }
+                },
+                State::ReadingMarker { count, end } => match ch {
+                    '-' => {
+                        *count += 1;
+                        if *count == 3 {
+                            state = State::SkipNewline { end: *end };
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => {
+                        panic!("Malformed frontmatter marker");
+                    }
+                },
+                State::SkipNewline { end } => match ch {
+                    '\n' => {
+                        if *end {
+                            offset = idx + 1;
+                            break 'parse;
+                        } else {
+                            state = State::ReadingFrontMatter {
+                                buf: String::new(),
+                                line_start: true,
+                            };
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => panic!("Expected newline, got {:?}",),
+                },
+                State::ReadingFrontMatter { buf, line_start } => match ch {
+                    '-' if *line_start => {
+                        let mut state_temp = State::ReadingMarker {
+                            count: 1,
+                            end: true,
+                        };
+                        std::mem::swap(&mut state, &mut state_temp);
+                        if let State::ReadingFrontMatter { buf, .. } = state_temp {
+                            payload = Some(buf);
+                        } else {
+                            unreachable!();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    ch => {
+                        buf.push(ch);
+                        *line_start = ch == '\n';
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        }
+
+        // unwrap justification: option set in state machine, Rust can't statically analyze it
+        let payload = payload.unwrap();
+
+        let fm: Self = serde_yaml::from_str(&payload)?;
+
+        Ok((fm, offset))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/post/mod.rs b/src/post/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e47eed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/post/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use chrono::prelude::*;
+use glob::glob;
+use std::{cmp::Ordering, fs};
+
+pub mod frontmatter;
+
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+pub struct Post {
+    pub front_matter: frontmatter::Data,
+    pub link: String,
+    pub body: String,
+    pub body_html: String,
+    pub date: NaiveDate,
+}
+
+impl Ord for Post {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
+        self.partial_cmp(&other).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd for Post {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.date.cmp(&other.date))
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn load(dir: &str) -> Result<Vec<Post>> {
+    let mut result: Vec<Post> = vec![];
+
+    for path in glob(&format!("{}/*.markdown", dir))?.filter_map(Result::ok) {
+        let body = fs::read_to_string(path.clone())?;
+        let (fm, content_offset) = frontmatter::Data::parse(body.clone().as_str())?;
+        let markup = &body[content_offset..];
+        let date = NaiveDate::parse_from_str(&fm.clone().date, "%Y-%m-%d")?;
+
+        result.push(Post {
+            front_matter: fm,
+            link: format!("{}/{}", dir, path.file_stem().unwrap().to_str().unwrap()),
+            body: markup.to_string(),
+            body_html: crate::app::markdown(&markup),
+            date: date,
+        })
+    }
+
+    if result.len() == 0 {
+        Err(anyhow!("no posts loaded"))
+    } else {
+        result.sort();
+        result.reverse();
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use anyhow::Result;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blog() -> Result<()> {
+        load("./blog")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}