diff --git a/app/blog/page.tsx b/app/blog/page.tsx
index 0c84a5a..bd55c34 100644
--- a/app/blog/page.tsx
+++ b/app/blog/page.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ export default async function PostsPage() {
   return (
     <>
       <header className="mb-10 border-b border-border pb-8">
+        <p className="section-label mb-4">FIELD NOTES /.06</p>
         <h1 className="heading-xl m-0 text-ink">
-          Posts
+          Field Notes
         </h1>
       </header>
 
@@ -18,11 +19,7 @@ export default async function PostsPage() {
         <PostSearch posts={posts} />
       ) : (
         <section className="empty-state" aria-label="No posts published">
-          <p className="font-mono text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.22em] text-ink-soft">No posts yet</p>
-          <h2 className="heading-sm m-0 text-ink">The archive is empty.</h2>
-          <p className="m-0 max-w-xl text-sm leading-6 text-ink-soft">
-            Publish an MDX post to populate this list and enable archive search.
-          </p>
+          <p className="m-0 text-sm leading-6 text-ink-soft">Archive empty.</p>
         </section>
       )}
     </>
diff --git a/app/blog/tags/[tag]/page.tsx b/app/blog/tags/[tag]/page.tsx
index a590e1c..e679d1c 100644
--- a/app/blog/tags/[tag]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/blog/tags/[tag]/page.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default async function TagPage({ params }: TagPageProps) {
   return (
     <div className="max-w-4xl mx-auto px-6 py-12">
       <header className="mb-12">
-        <p className="font-mono text-sm text-ink-soft mb-3">Tag</p>
+        <p className="section-label mb-3">Tag</p>
         <h1 className="heading-xl text-ink mb-3">{tag.label}</h1>
         <p className="text-ink-soft">
           {tag.count} {tag.count === 1 ? 'post' : 'posts'}