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  <header><b>daymarks</b><span>ORDINARY DAYS, KEPT.</span></header>
  <section class="journal-title">
    <div>
      <small>THE PERSONAL NOTEBOOK</small>
      <h1>Not everything<br />needs to be <i>remarkable.</i></h1>
    </div>
    <button id="change">September ←</button>
  </section>
  <section class="timeline">
    <h2 id="month">OCTOBER 2026</h2>
    <div id="entries">
      <article>
        <div class="date"><b>05</b><span>MON</span></div>
        <div class="entry">
          <h3>The long way home</h3>
          <p>Took the path by the river. Found a tree I had somehow never noticed.</p>
        </div>
        <i>✿</i>
      </article>
      <article>
        <div class="date"><b>03</b><span>SAT</span></div>
        <div class="entry">
          <h3>A good kind of unfinished</h3>
          <p>Left the drawing on the desk. It looked better in the morning.</p>
        </div>
        <i>⌁</i>
      </article>
      <article>
        <div class="date"><b>01</b><span>THU</span></div>
        <div class="entry">
          <h3>The first cool morning</h3>
          <p>Opened the window. Made a second cup of coffee. Started again.</p>
        </div>
        <i>☕</i>
      </article>
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