.blog-landing-hero {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08251b, #174a37);
  color: #fff;
  border-bottom: 6px solid var(--gold);
  padding: 92px 0 86px;
}

.blog-landing-hero h1 {
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin: 0;
  font: 900 clamp(48px, 6vw, 78px)/.96 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
}

.blog-landing-hero p:not(.eyebrow) {
  color: #d7e2dc;
  max-width: 650px;
  margin: 20px 0 0;
  font-size: 19px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.blog-index { padding: 88px 0 105px; }

.blog-card-grid {
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 24px;
  display: grid;
}

.blog-card {
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-top: 4px solid var(--gold);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-width: 0;
  box-shadow: 0 16px 42px #1a261f14;
  transition: transform .25s, box-shadow .25s;
}

.blog-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-6px);
  box-shadow: 0 22px 45px #1a261f24;
}

.blog-card-image {
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #102b21;
}

.blog-card-image img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform .45s;
}

.blog-card:hover .blog-card-image img { transform: scale(1.035); }

.blog-card-copy {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  flex: 1;
  padding: 27px 28px 30px;
}

.blog-card-copy .card-kicker { margin: 0 0 10px; }

.blog-card-copy h2 {
  margin: 0 0 15px;
  font: 800 27px/1.12 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
}

.blog-card-copy > p:not(.card-kicker) {
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.68;
}

.blog-card-links {
  display: grid;
  gap: 12px;
  margin-top: auto;
  border-top: 1px solid #e5e0d6;
  padding-top: 18px;
}

.blog-card-links .text-link { margin: 0; }
.operator-link { color: #345b49; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 800; }
.operator-link:hover { color: #8d5412; }
.blog-post-hero img { object-position: center; }

.blog-article .post-excerpt {
  background: var(--cream);
  border-left: 4px solid var(--gold);
  padding: 22px 24px;
  margin: 0 0 34px;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.7;
}

.blog-article > h2 {
  letter-spacing: -.018em;
  margin: 38px 0 15px;
  font: 800 31px/1.12 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
}

.blog-article > p a {
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-decoration-color: #c88a31;
  text-underline-offset: 3px;
}

@media (width <= 960px) {
  .blog-card-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .blog-card:last-child { grid-column: 1 / -1; max-width: calc(50% - 12px); }
}

@media (width <= 760px) {
  .blog-landing-hero { padding: 70px 0 64px; }
  .blog-index { padding: 64px 0 76px; }
  .blog-card-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .blog-card:last-child { grid-column: auto; max-width: none; }
  .blog-article > h2 { font-size: 28px; }
}