diff --git a/src/app.css b/src/app.css
index c730a8d..05539ad 100644
--- a/src/app.css
+++ b/src/app.css
@@ -55,13 +55,15 @@
 
   /* Content */
   main {
-    @apply max-w-full flex mb-2;
+    @apply max-w-full flex;
   }
 
   /* To scroll columns independently */
-  main.publication { 
-    /* max-height: calc(100vh - 130px); */
-  }
+    main.publication.blog {
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+      max-height: calc(100vh - 76px);
+    }
 
   main.main-leather,
   article.article-leather {
@@ -247,6 +249,17 @@
   .link {
     @apply underline cursor-pointer hover:text-primary-400 dark:hover:text-primary-500;
   }
+
+  /* Card with transition */
+  .ArticleBox.grid .ArticleBoxImage {
+    @apply max-h-0;
+    transition: max-height 0.5s ease;
+  }
+
+  .ArticleBox.grid.active .ArticleBoxImage {
+    @apply max-h-72;
+  }
+
 }
 
 @layer components {
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Publication.svelte b/src/lib/components/Publication.svelte
index 369bec3..e1555cd 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Publication.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Publication.svelte
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
     TextPlaceholder,
     Tooltip,
   } from "flowbite-svelte";
+  import { CaretLeftOutline } from 'flowbite-svelte-icons';
   import { getContext, onMount } from "svelte";
   import type { NDKEvent } from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk";
   import PublicationSection from "./PublicationSection.svelte";
   import type { PublicationTree } from "$lib/data_structures/publication_tree";
   import Details from "$components/util/Details.svelte";
   import { publicationColumnVisibility } from "$lib/stores";
+  import BlogHeader from "$components/blog/BlogHeader.svelte";
 
   let { rootAddress, publicationType, indexEvent } = $props<{
     rootAddress: string,
@@ -83,30 +85,15 @@
     }
     $publicationColumnVisibility.inner = true;
     currentBlog = rootId;
+    // set current blog values for publication render
+    console.log(currentBlog);
   }
 
-  // #region ToC
-
-
-  function scrollToElementWithOffset() {
-    const hash = window.location.hash;
-    if (hash) {
-      const targetElement = document.querySelector(hash);
-      if (targetElement) {
-        const headerOffset = 80;
-        const elementPosition = targetElement.getBoundingClientRect().top;
-        const offsetPosition = elementPosition + window.scrollY - headerOffset;
-
-        window.scrollTo({
-          top: offsetPosition,
-          behavior: "auto",
-        });
-      }
-    }
+  function backToMain() {
+    $publicationColumnVisibility.blog = true;
+    $publicationColumnVisibility.inner = false;
   }
 
-  // #endregion
-
   onMount(() => {
     // Set up the intersection observer.
     observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
@@ -134,28 +121,54 @@
 {/if}
 
 {#if isDefaultVisible()}
-  <div class="flex flex-col space-y-4 overflow-auto
+  <div class="flex flex-col px-2 space-y-4 overflow-auto
           {publicationType === 'blog' ? 'max-w-xl flex-grow-1' : 'max-w-2xl flex-grow-2' }
-          {currentBlog !== null ? 'discreet' : ''}
+          {currentBlog !== null && $publicationColumnVisibility.inner ? 'discreet' : ''}
   ">
-    <div class="card-leather bg-highlight dark:bg-primary-800 p-4 mx-2 mb-4 rounded-lg border">
+    <div class="card-leather bg-highlight dark:bg-primary-800 p-4 mb-4 rounded-lg border">
       <Details event={indexEvent} />
     </div>
-  {#each leaves as leaf, i}
-    <PublicationSection
-      rootAddress={rootAddress}
-      leaves={leaves}
-      address={leaf.tagAddress()}
-      ref={(el) => setLastElementRef(el, i)}
-    />
-  {/each}
+
+    {#if publicationType === 'blog'}
+      <!-- List blog excerpts -->
+      {#each leaves as leaf, i}
+        <BlogHeader
+          rootId={leaf.tagAddress()}
+          event={leaf}
+          onBlogUpdate={loadBlog}
+          active={!(currentBlog !== null && $publicationColumnVisibility.inner)}
+        />
+      {/each}
+    {:else}
+      {#each leaves as leaf, i}
+        <PublicationSection
+          rootAddress={rootAddress}
+          leaves={leaves}
+          address={leaf.tagAddress()}
+          ref={(el) => setLastElementRef(el, i)}
+        />
+      {/each}
+    {/if}
+
 </div>
 {/if}
 
 {#if currentBlog !== null && $publicationColumnVisibility.inner }
   {#key currentBlog }
-    <div class="flex flex-col space-y-4 max-w-3xl overflow-auto flex-grow-2">
-      <span>Todo...</span>
+    <div class="flex flex-col px-2 max-w-3xl overflow-auto flex-grow-2">
+      <div class="flex flex-row bg-primary-0 fixed top-[145px] w-full">
+        <Button color="none" class="p-0 my-1" onclick={backToMain}><CaretLeftOutline /> Back</Button>
+      </div>
+      {#each leaves as leaf, i}
+        {#if leaf.tagAddress() === currentBlog}
+          <PublicationSection
+            rootAddress={rootAddress}
+            leaves={leaves}
+            address={leaf.tagAddress()}
+            ref={(el) => setLastElementRef(el, i)}
+          />
+        {/if}
+      {/each}
     </div>
   {/key}
 {/if}
diff --git a/src/lib/components/blog/BlogHeader.svelte b/src/lib/components/blog/BlogHeader.svelte
index 276b206..bfe5b6a 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/blog/BlogHeader.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/blog/BlogHeader.svelte
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import type { NDKEvent } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk';
-  import { Card, Img } from "flowbite-svelte";
+  import { scale } from 'svelte/transition';
+  import { Button, Card, Img } from "flowbite-svelte";
   import InlineProfile from "$components/util/InlineProfile.svelte";
-    import { HeartOutline } from 'flowbite-svelte-icons';
+  import Interactions from "$components/util/Interactions.svelte";
+  import { quintOut } from "svelte/easing";
 
-  const { rootId, event, onBlogUpdate } = $props<{ rootId: String, event: NDKEvent, onBlogUpdate?: any;  }>();
+  const { rootId, event, onBlogUpdate, active = true } = $props<{ rootId: String, event: NDKEvent, onBlogUpdate?: any, active: boolean  }>();
 
   let title: string = $derived(event.getMatchingTags('title')[0]?.[1]);
   let author: string = $derived(event.getMatchingTags('author')[0]?.[1] ?? 'unknown');
   let image: string = $derived(event.getMatchingTags('image')[0]?.[1] ?? null);
   let authorPubkey: string = $derived(event.getMatchingTags('p')[0]?.[1] ?? null);
 
-  let likeCount = 0;
-  
-
   function publishedAt() {
     const date = event.created_at ? new Date(event.created_at * 1000) : '';
     if (date !== '') {
@@ -33,33 +32,32 @@
 </script>
 
 {#if title != null}
-  <Card class='ArticleBox card-leather w-xl flex flex-col'>
-    <div class='flex flex-col space-y-2'>
+  <Card class="ArticleBox card-leather w-full grid max-w-xl {active ? 'active' : ''}">
+    <div class='space-y-2'>
       <div class="flex flex-row justify-between my-2">
         <InlineProfile pubkey={authorPubkey} title={author} />
         <span class='text-gray-500'>{publishedAt()}</span>
       </div>
-      {#if image}
-      <div class="flex col justify-center">
-        <Img src={image} class="rounded w-full h-full object-cover"/>
-      </div>
+      {#if image && active}
+        <div class="ArticleBoxImage flex col justify-center"
+             in:scale={{ start: 0.8, duration: 500, delay: 100, easing: quintOut }}
+        >
+          <Img src={image} class="rounded w-full max-h-72 object-cover"/>
+        </div>
       {/if}
       <div class='flex flex-col flex-grow space-y-4'>
         <button onclick={() => showBlog()} class='text-left'>
           <h2 class='text-lg font-bold line-clamp-2' title="{title}">{title}</h2>
         </button>
-        <button class="underline text-right" onclick={() => showBlog()} >Read all about it...</button>
+        {#if active}
+          <Button color="none" class="underline justify-end p-0" onclick={() => showBlog()} ><span class="">Read all about it...</span></Button>
+        {/if}
       </div>
-      <div class='flex flex-row bg-primary-50'>
-        <div class='InteractiveMenu flex flex-row'>
-          <div class='flex flex-row shrink-0'><HeartOutline /><span>{likeCount}</span></div>
-          <div class='flex flex-row shrink-0'><HeartOutline /><span>{likeCount}</span></div>
-          <div class='flex flex-row shrink-0'><HeartOutline /><span>{likeCount}</span></div>
-          <div class='flex flex-row shrink-0'><HeartOutline /><span>{likeCount}</span></div>
-          <div class='flex flex-row shrink-0'><HeartOutline /><span>{likeCount}</span></div>
-
+      {#if active}
+        <div class='flex flex-row '>
+          <Interactions rootId={rootId} event={event}  />
         </div>
-      </div>
+      {/if}
     </div>
   </Card>
 {/if}
diff --git a/src/lib/components/util/CardActions.svelte b/src/lib/components/util/CardActions.svelte
index 177c8ee..c0d62d2 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/util/CardActions.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/util/CardActions.svelte
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
   import { Button, Modal, Popover } from "flowbite-svelte";
   import { standardRelays } from "$lib/consts";
   import { neventEncode, naddrEncode } from "$lib/utils";
-  import InlineProfile from "$components/util/InlineProfile.svelte";
-    import Details from "./Details.svelte";
+  import Details from "./Details.svelte";
 
   let { event } = $props();
 
diff --git a/src/lib/components/util/Interactions.svelte b/src/lib/components/util/Interactions.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4263f05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/util/Interactions.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { HeartOutline, FilePenOutline, AnnotationOutline } from 'flowbite-svelte-icons';
+  import ZapOutline from "$components/util/ZapOutline.svelte";
+  import type { NDKEvent } from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk";
+  import { onMount } from "svelte";
+  import { ndkInstance } from '$lib/ndk';
+
+  const { rootId, event } = $props<{ rootId: String, event: NDKEvent  }>();
+
+  // Reactive arrays to hold incoming events
+  let likes: NDKEvent[] = [];
+  let zaps: NDKEvent[] = [];
+  let highlights: NDKEvent[] = [];
+  let comments: NDKEvent[] = [];
+
+  // Reactive counts derived from array lengths
+  // Derived counts from store values
+  const likeCount = $derived(likes.length);
+  const zapCount = $derived(zaps.length);
+  const highlightCount = $derived(highlights.length);
+  const commentCount = $derived(comments.length);
+
+  /**
+   * Subscribe to Nostr events of a given kind that reference our root event via e-tag.
+   * Push new events into the provided array if not already present.
+   * Returns the subscription for later cleanup.
+   */
+  function subscribeCount(kind: number, targetArray: NDKEvent[]) {
+    const sub = $ndkInstance.subscribe({
+      kinds: [kind],
+      '#a': [rootId]
+    });
+
+
+    sub.on('event', (evt: NDKEvent) => {
+      // Only add if we haven't seen this event ID yet
+      if (!targetArray.find(e => e.id === evt.id)) {
+        targetArray.push(evt);
+      }
+    });
+
+    return sub;
+  }
+
+  let subs: any[] = [];
+
+  onMount(() => {
+    // Subscribe to each kind; store subs for cleanup
+    subs.push(subscribeCount(7, likes));        // likes (Reaction)
+    subs.push(subscribeCount(9735, zaps));      // zaps (Zap Receipts)
+    subs.push(subscribeCount(30023, highlights)); // highlights (custom kind)
+    subs.push(subscribeCount(1, comments));     // comments (Text Notes)
+  });
+
+</script>
+
+<div class='InteractiveMenu flex flex-row justify-around align-middle text-primary-600 dark:text-gray-500'>
+  <div class='flex flex-row shrink-0 min-w-11'><HeartOutline size="lg" /><span>{likeCount}</span></div>
+  <div class='flex flex-row shrink-0 min-w-11'><ZapOutline /><span>{zapCount}</span></div>
+  <div class='flex flex-row shrink-0 min-w-11'><FilePenOutline size="lg"/><span>{highlightCount}</span></div>
+  <div class='flex flex-row shrink-0 min-w-11'><AnnotationOutline size="lg"/><span>{commentCount}</span></div>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/components/util/ZapOutline.svelte b/src/lib/components/util/ZapOutline.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5588c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/util/ZapOutline.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<script>
+  export let size = 24; // default size
+  export let className = '';
+</script>
+
+<svg
+  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+  width={size}
+  height={size}
+  fill="none"
+  stroke="currentColor"
+  stroke-width="2"
+  stroke-linecap="round"
+  stroke-linejoin="round"
+  class={className}
+  viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+>
+  <polygon points="13 2 3 14 12 14 11 22 21 10 12 10 13 2"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/src/styles/publications.css b/src/styles/publications.css
index 79cb2da..5616bd0 100644
--- a/src/styles/publications.css
+++ b/src/styles/publications.css
@@ -1,55 +1,55 @@
 @layer components {
     /* AsciiDoc content */
-    .note-leather p a {
+    .publication-leather p a {
         @apply underline hover:text-primary-500 dark:hover:text-primary-400;
     }
 
-    .note-leather section p {
+    .publication-leather section p {
         @apply w-full;
     }
 
-    .note-leather section p table {
+    .publication-leather section p table {
         @apply w-full table-fixed space-x-2 space-y-2;
     }
 
-    .note-leather section p table td {
+    .publication-leather section p table td {
         @apply p-2;
     }
 
-    .note-leather section p table td .content:has(> .imageblock) {
+    .publication-leather section p table td .content:has(> .imageblock) {
         @apply flex flex-col items-center;
     }
 
-    .note-leather .imageblock {
+    .publication-leather .imageblock {
         @apply flex flex-col space-y-2;
     }
 
-    .note-leather .imageblock .content {
+    .publication-leather .imageblock .content {
         @apply flex justify-center;
     }
-    .note-leather .imageblock .title {
+    .publication-leather .imageblock .title {
         @apply text-center;
     }
 
-    .note-leather .imageblock.left .content {
+    .publication-leather .imageblock.left .content {
         @apply justify-start;
     }
-    .note-leather .imageblock.left .title {
+    .publication-leather .imageblock.left .title {
         @apply text-left;
     }
 
-    .note-leather .imageblock.right .content {
+    .publication-leather .imageblock.right .content {
         @apply justify-end;
     }
-    .note-leather .imageblock.right .title {
+    .publication-leather .imageblock.right .title {
         @apply text-right;
     }
 
-    .note-leather section p table td .literalblock {
+    .publication-leather section p table td .literalblock {
         @apply my-2 p-2 border rounded border-gray-400 dark:border-gray-600;
     }
 
-    .note-leather .literalblock pre {
+    .publication-leather .literalblock pre {
         @apply p-3 text-wrap break-words;
     }
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     }
 
     /* lists */
-    .note-leather .ulist ul {
+    .publication-leather .ulist ul {
         @apply space-y-1 list-disc list-inside;
     }
 
@@ -253,12 +253,8 @@
     /** blog */
     @screen lg {
         @media (hover: hover) {
-            .blog .discreet:not(:hover) .coverImage img {
-                @apply filter grayscale sepia brightness-75 opacity-50 transition duration-500 ease-in-out saturate-200 hue-rotate-20;
-            }
-
-            .blog .discreet:not(:hover) .h-leather {
-                @apply filter grayscale sepia brightness-75 opacity-50 transition duration-500 ease-in-out saturate-200 hue-rotate-20;
+            .blog .discreet .card-leather:not(:hover) {
+                @apply bg-primary-50 opacity-75 transition duration-500 ease-in-out ;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/styles/scrollbar.css b/src/styles/scrollbar.css
index 568c1b9..8d2735d 100644
--- a/src/styles/scrollbar.css
+++ b/src/styles/scrollbar.css
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 @layer components {
     /* Global scrollbar styles */
     * {
-        scrollbar-width: thin; /* Firefox */
         scrollbar-color: rgba(87, 66, 41, 0.8) transparent; /* Transparent track, default scrollbar thumb */
     }
 
     /* Webkit Browsers (Chrome, Safari, Edge) */
     *::-webkit-scrollbar {
-        width: 8px; /* Thin scrollbar */
+        width: 12px; /* Thin scrollbar */
     }
 
     *::-webkit-scrollbar-track {