diff --git a/src/lib/content.ts b/src/lib/content.ts
index 00cb9af..14bf5af 100644
--- a/src/lib/content.ts
+++ b/src/lib/content.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { env as cfEnv } from "cloudflare:workers";
 
 export interface Note {
+  id: string;
   body: string;
   date: string;
 }
@@ -17,10 +18,13 @@ export interface Project {
   draft: boolean;
 }
 
-export const DEFAULT_NOTE: Note = {
-  body: "rebuilt the site from scratch this weekend. corkboard of badges, a rolling note, the usual webrings. more soon.",
-  date: "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z",
-};
+export const DEFAULT_NOTES: Note[] = [
+  {
+    id: "1",
+    body: "rebuilt the site from scratch this weekend. corkboard of badges, a running log, the usual webrings. more soon.",
+    date: "2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z",
+  },
+];
 
 export const DEFAULT_PROJECTS: Project[] = [
   {
@@ -154,31 +158,39 @@ function kv(): any {
   }
 }
 
-export async function getNote(): Promise<Note> {
+export async function getNotes(): Promise<Note[]> {
   const store = kv();
-  if (!store) return DEFAULT_NOTE;
+  if (!store) return DEFAULT_NOTES;
   let raw: string | null = null;
   try {
-    raw = await store.get("note");
+    raw = await store.get("notes");
   } catch {
-    return DEFAULT_NOTE;
+    return DEFAULT_NOTES;
+  }
+  if (raw) {
+    try {
+      const list = JSON.parse(raw);
+      if (Array.isArray(list)) return list as Note[];
+    } catch {
+    }
   }
-  if (!raw) return DEFAULT_NOTE;
   try {
-    const n = JSON.parse(raw);
-    if (n && typeof n.body === "string") {
-      return { body: n.body, date: n.date ?? new Date().toISOString() };
+    const legacy = await store.get("note");
+    if (legacy) {
+      const n = JSON.parse(legacy);
+      if (n && typeof n.body === "string") {
+        return [{ id: "legacy", body: n.body, date: n.date ?? new Date().toISOString() }];
+      }
     }
   } catch {
-    return { body: raw, date: new Date().toISOString() };
   }
-  return DEFAULT_NOTE;
+  return DEFAULT_NOTES;
 }
 
-export async function setNote(body: string): Promise<void> {
+export async function setNotes(list: Note[]): Promise<void> {
   const store = kv();
   if (!store) throw new Error("CONTENT KV namespace is not bound");
-  await store.put("note", JSON.stringify({ body, date: new Date().toISOString() }));
+  await store.put("notes", JSON.stringify(list));
 }
 
 export async function getProjects(): Promise<Project[]> {
diff --git a/src/pages/admin/index.astro b/src/pages/admin/index.astro
index 71b5438..39f89fb 100644
--- a/src/pages/admin/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/admin/index.astro
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 ---
 import Base from "../../layouts/Base.astro";
 import { isAuthed, adminPasswordSet } from "../../lib/session";
-import { getNote, getProjects } from "../../lib/content";
+import { getNotes, getProjects } from "../../lib/content";
 
 const authed = await isAuthed(Astro.request);
 const loginError = Astro.url.searchParams.has("e");
 const noPassword = !adminPasswordSet();
 
-const note = authed ? await getNote() : null;
+const notes = authed
+  ? (await getNotes()).slice().sort((a, b) => +new Date(b.date) - +new Date(a.date))
+  : [];
 const projects = authed ? await getProjects() : [];
 const thisYear = String(new Date().getFullYear());
+
+const fmtShort = (d: string) =>
+  new Date(d).toLocaleDateString("en-GB", { day: "numeric", month: "short" });
+const preview = (s: string, n = 56) => (s.length > n ? `${s.slice(0, n).trim()}…` : s);
 ---
 
 <Base title="admin" description="edit site content.">
@@ -43,17 +49,60 @@ const thisYear = String(new Date().getFullYear());
   }
 
   {
-    authed && note && (
+    authed && (
       <>
-        <form class="card" method="POST" action="/api/admin/save">
-          <input type="hidden" name="action" value="note" />
-          <h2 class="label">note</h2>
-          <textarea name="body" rows="5" spellcheck="true" set:text={note.body} />
-          <p class="hint">markdown ok. saving stamps today's date.</p>
-          <div class="row">
-            <button type="submit">save note</button>
-          </div>
-        </form>
+        <section class="card">
+          <h2 class="label">notes &mdash; {notes.length}</h2>
+
+          <details class="pj pj--add" open={notes.length === 0}>
+            <summary>+ new note</summary>
+            <form method="POST" action="/api/admin/save" class="pj__form">
+              <input type="hidden" name="action" value="note-save" />
+              <label class="fld fld--wide">
+                <span>body (markdown ok)</span>
+                <textarea name="body" rows="4" spellcheck="true" required />
+              </label>
+              <div class="row fld--wide">
+                <button type="submit">post</button>
+              </div>
+            </form>
+          </details>
+
+          {notes.map((n) => (
+            <details class="pj">
+              <summary>
+                <span class="pj__name">{preview(n.body)}</span>
+                <span class="pj__year">{fmtShort(n.date)}</span>
+              </summary>
+
+              <form method="POST" action="/api/admin/save" class="pj__form">
+                <input type="hidden" name="action" value="note-save" />
+                <input type="hidden" name="id" value={n.id} />
+                <label class="fld fld--wide">
+                  <span>body</span>
+                  <textarea name="body" rows="4" spellcheck="true" set:text={n.body} />
+                </label>
+                <div class="row fld--wide">
+                  <button type="submit">save</button>
+                </div>
+              </form>
+
+              <div class="row pj__ops">
+                <form
+                  method="POST"
+                  action="/api/admin/save"
+                  onsubmit="return confirm('delete this note?')"
+                >
+                  <input type="hidden" name="action" value="note-delete" />
+                  <input type="hidden" name="id" value={n.id} />
+                  <button type="submit" class="danger">
+                    delete
+                  </button>
+                </form>
+              </div>
+            </details>
+          ))}
+        </section>
 
         <section class="card">
           <h2 class="label">projects &mdash; {projects.length}</h2>
diff --git a/src/pages/api/admin/save.ts b/src/pages/api/admin/save.ts
index e450325..295d36f 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/admin/save.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/admin/save.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { isAuthed } from "../../../lib/session";
 import {
   getProjects,
   setProjects,
-  setNote,
+  getNotes,
+  setNotes,
   type Project,
 } from "../../../lib/content";
 
@@ -36,8 +37,22 @@ export const POST: APIRoute = async ({ request }) => {
   const form = await request.formData();
   const action = String(form.get("action") ?? "");
 
-  if (action === "note") {
-    await setNote(String(form.get("body") ?? ""));
+  if (action === "note-save") {
+    const body = String(form.get("body") ?? "").trim();
+    if (!body) return back();
+    const id = String(form.get("id") ?? "").trim();
+    const notes = await getNotes();
+    const i = notes.findIndex((x) => x.id === id);
+    if (i >= 0) {
+      notes[i] = { ...notes[i], body };
+    } else {
+      notes.unshift({ id: crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 8), body, date: new Date().toISOString() });
+    }
+    await setNotes(notes);
+    return back();
+  } else if (action === "note-delete") {
+    const id = String(form.get("id") ?? "");
+    await setNotes((await getNotes()).filter((x) => x.id !== id));
     return back();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/pages/notes.astro b/src/pages/notes.astro
index 5d8fa70..65cb5a2 100644
--- a/src/pages/notes.astro
+++ b/src/pages/notes.astro
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 ---
 import Base from "../layouts/Base.astro";
-import { getNote } from "../lib/content";
+import { getNotes } from "../lib/content";
 import { renderMarkdown } from "../lib/md";
 
-const note = await getNote();
-const html = note.body.trim() ? renderMarkdown(note.body) : "";
+const notes = (await getNotes())
+  .slice()
+  .sort((a, b) => +new Date(b.date) - +new Date(a.date));
 
 const fmt = (d: string) =>
   new Date(d)
@@ -12,17 +13,23 @@ const fmt = (d: string) =>
     .toUpperCase();
 ---
 
-<Base title="notes — zach" description="a note from zach.">
+<Base title="notes — zach" description="a running log of thoughts from zach.">
   <section class="intro">
     <h1>notes</h1>
   </section>
 
   {
-    html ? (
-      <article class="notepage">
-        <p class="notepage__date">{fmt(note.date)}</p>
-        <div class="notepage__body" set:html={html} />
-      </article>
+    notes.length ? (
+      <div class="notelog">
+        {notes.map((n) => (
+          <article class="notelog__entry" id={n.id}>
+            <p class="notelog__date">
+              <a href={`#${n.id}`}>{fmt(n.date)}</a>
+            </p>
+            <div class="notelog__body" set:html={renderMarkdown(n.body)} />
+          </article>
+        ))}
+      </div>
     ) : (
       <p class="notepage__empty">nothing noted yet.</p>
     )
@@ -30,36 +37,60 @@ const fmt = (d: string) =>
 </Base>
 
 <style>
-  .notepage__date {
+  .notelog {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+  }
+  .notelog__entry {
+    padding: 1.6rem 0;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
+  }
+  .notelog__entry:first-child {
+    padding-top: 0;
+  }
+  .notelog__entry:last-child {
+    border-bottom: 0;
+  }
+  .notelog__entry:target .notelog__date a {
+    color: var(--accent);
+  }
+  .notelog__date {
+    margin-bottom: 0.9rem;
+  }
+  .notelog__date a {
     font-family: var(--mono);
     font-size: 0.78rem;
     letter-spacing: 0.16em;
     color: var(--muted);
-    margin-bottom: 1.3rem;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    transition: color 0.16s ease;
+  }
+  .notelog__date a:hover {
+    color: var(--accent);
   }
   .notepage__empty {
     color: var(--faint);
   }
-  .notepage__body {
+  .notelog__body {
     max-width: 62ch;
   }
-  .notepage__body :global(p) {
+  .notelog__body :global(p) {
     margin: 0 0 1.1rem;
   }
-  .notepage__body :global(p:last-child) {
+  .notelog__body :global(p:last-child) {
     margin-bottom: 0;
   }
-  .notepage__body :global(a) {
+  .notelog__body :global(a) {
     text-decoration-color: var(--accent);
   }
-  .notepage__body :global(ul) {
+  .notelog__body :global(ul) {
     margin: 0 0 1.1rem;
     padding-left: 1.2rem;
   }
-  .notepage__body :global(li) {
+  .notelog__body :global(li) {
     margin: 0 0 0.35rem;
   }
-  .notepage__body :global(code) {
+  .notelog__body :global(code) {
     font-family: var(--mono);
     font-size: 0.88em;
     color: var(--muted);
@@ -67,9 +98,9 @@ const fmt = (d: string) =>
     padding: 0.05em 0.3em;
     border-radius: 3px;
   }
-  .notepage__body :global(h2),
-  .notepage__body :global(h3),
-  .notepage__body :global(h4) {
+  .notelog__body :global(h2),
+  .notelog__body :global(h3),
+  .notelog__body :global(h4) {
     font-family: var(--mono);
     font-size: 0.8rem;
     letter-spacing: 0.14em;
@@ -77,14 +108,14 @@ const fmt = (d: string) =>
     color: var(--muted);
     margin: 1.8rem 0 0.7rem;
   }
-  .notepage__body :global(pre) {
+  .notelog__body :global(pre) {
     background: var(--paper-2);
     padding: 1rem;
     border-radius: 6px;
     overflow-x: auto;
     font-size: 0.85rem;
   }
-  .notepage__body :global(pre code) {
+  .notelog__body :global(pre code) {
     background: none;
     padding: 0;
     color: var(--ink);