:root {
  --st-blog-ink: #24332a;
  --st-blog-muted: #65746a;
  --st-blog-green: #2f5432;
  --st-blog-gold: #c4a447;
  --st-blog-paper: #fbfaf5;
  --st-blog-line: #e7e6dc;
}

.st-blog-scroller {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
}

.st-blog-scroller__controls {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  gap: 0.55rem;
  margin: 0 0 1.15rem;
}

.st-blog-scroller__arrow {
  display: inline-grid;
  width: 2.85rem;
  height: 2.85rem;
  place-items: center;
  border: 1px solid #d7dbd0;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #fffefa;
  color: var(--st-blog-green);
  font: inherit;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: color 180ms ease, background 180ms ease, border-color 180ms ease, transform 180ms ease;
}

.st-blog-scroller__arrow:hover {
  border-color: var(--st-blog-green);
  background: var(--st-blog-green);
  color: #fffdf4;
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}

.st-blog-scroller__arrow:focus-visible,
.st-blog-card__link:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--st-blog-gold);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.st-blog-scroller__track {
  display: flex;
  gap: clamp(1rem, 2vw, 1.35rem);
  overflow-x: auto;
  padding: 0.2rem 0.15rem 1.15rem;
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
  scrollbar-width: thin;
  scrollbar-color: #c9d0c2 transparent;
  -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
}

.st-blog-scroller__track::-webkit-scrollbar { height: 6px; }
.st-blog-scroller__track::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 99px; background: #c9d0c2; }
.st-blog-scroller__item { flex: 0 0 min(390px, 84vw); scroll-snap-align: start; }

.st-blog-card {
  height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid rgba(58, 77, 58, 0.14);
  border-radius: 1.15rem;
  background: #fffefa;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 28px rgba(42, 56, 39, 0.07);
  transition: transform 240ms ease, border-color 240ms ease, box-shadow 240ms ease;
}

.st-blog-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  border-color: rgba(47, 84, 50, 0.36);
  box-shadow: 0 17px 38px rgba(42, 56, 39, 0.13);
}

.st-blog-card__link {
  display: flex;
  min-height: 100%;
  flex-direction: column;
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.st-blog-card__image-wrap {
  position: relative;
  aspect-ratio: 1.66 / 1;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #e4e8dc;
}

.st-blog-card__image {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform 600ms cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1);
}

.st-blog-card:hover .st-blog-card__image { transform: scale(1.045); }

.st-blog-card__image-shade {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 30% 0 0;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent, rgba(22, 35, 24, 0.48));
  transition: opacity 220ms ease;
}

.st-blog-card__tags {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0.9rem;
  left: 1rem;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 0.4rem;
}

.st-blog-card__tag {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 1.75rem;
  padding: 0.3rem 0.68rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.56);
  border-radius: 99px;
  background: rgba(255, 253, 245, 0.88);
  color: #304432;
  font-size: 0.66rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.07em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
}

.st-blog-card__read {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.55rem;
  padding: 0.7rem 1rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
  border-radius: 99px;
  background: rgba(255, 253, 245, 0.92);
  color: var(--st-blog-green);
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translate(-50%, calc(-50% + 8px));
  transition: opacity 220ms ease, transform 220ms ease;
}

.st-blog-card__read-icon { color: #a58a38; font-size: 1rem; }
.st-blog-card:hover .st-blog-card__read,
.st-blog-card__link:focus-visible .st-blog-card__read { opacity: 1; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); }

.st-blog-card__body {
  display: flex;
  flex: 1;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 1.1rem;
  padding: 1.25rem 1.35rem 1.1rem;
}

.st-blog-card__copy { flex: 1; }
.st-blog-card__title {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--st-blog-ink);
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.22rem, 1.5vw, 1.45rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
  line-height: 1.25;
  transition: color 180ms ease;
}

.st-blog-card:hover .st-blog-card__title { color: var(--st-blog-green); }
.st-blog-card__excerpt {
  display: -webkit-box;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 0.62rem 0 0;
  color: var(--st-blog-muted);
  font-size: 0.89rem;
  line-height: 1.58;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
}

.st-blog-card__meta {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.65rem;
  padding-top: 0.9rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--st-blog-line);
}

.st-blog-card__author-mark {
  display: grid;
  width: 2.3rem;
  height: 2.3rem;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  place-items: center;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid #e1e4d8;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #f4f4eb;
}

.st-blog-card__author-mark img { display: block; width: 1.7rem; height: 1.7rem; object-fit: contain; }
.st-blog-card__byline { display: flex; min-width: 0; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.18rem; }
.st-blog-card__author { overflow: hidden; color: var(--st-blog-ink); font-size: 0.73rem; font-weight: 700; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
.st-blog-card__date { color: var(--st-blog-muted); font-size: 0.7rem; }
.st-blog-card__read-time { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.4rem; margin-left: auto; color: var(--st-blog-muted); font-size: 0.7rem; white-space: nowrap; }
.st-blog-card__clock { position: relative; width: 0.8rem; height: 0.8rem; border: 1.4px solid #84917e; border-radius: 50%; }
.st-blog-card__clock::before { position: absolute; top: 0.12rem; left: 0.31rem; width: 1px; height: 0.25rem; background: #84917e; content: ""; }
.st-blog-card__clock::after { position: absolute; top: 0.35rem; left: 0.32rem; width: 0.2rem; height: 1px; background: #84917e; content: ""; }

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .st-blog-scroller__controls { margin-bottom: 0.8rem; }
  .st-blog-scroller__arrow { width: 2.55rem; height: 2.55rem; }
  .st-blog-scroller__item { flex-basis: min(350px, 86vw); }
  .st-blog-card__body { padding: 1.05rem 1.05rem 0.95rem; }
}

@media (hover: none) {
  .st-blog-card__read { display: none; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .st-blog-scroller__arrow,
  .st-blog-card,
  .st-blog-card__image,
  .st-blog-card__title,
  .st-blog-card__read { transition-duration: 0.01ms !important; }
  .st-blog-scroller__arrow:hover,
  .st-blog-card:hover { transform: none; }
  .st-blog-card:hover .st-blog-card__image { transform: none; }
}