diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index dccb7dc..8e514e2 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
   date: "Thu May 08 2025 19:41:30.000000000"
 }
 
-$test{ limit = "is this?" }[[what $limit]][[second $limit]]
+$list3{ limit = 2 }[[<section><h3>$title</h3></section>]]
+<hr />
+$list3{ limit = 2 }
 
 $render{"templates/wares"}
 
diff --git a/site.moon b/site.moon
index c233f32..128f81a 100644
--- a/site.moon
+++ b/site.moon
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ html_renderer.cosmo_helpers.titleize = (slug) => titleize_slug slug
 files_from = (path=".") ->
   [Path.join path, file for file in *reverse get_files path]
 
-test = (args, has_block) =>
+test = (args={}, has_block) =>
   if has_block
     cosmo.yield(name: "yupyup")
     nil
@@ -126,6 +126,25 @@ test = (args, has_block) =>
   -- page.template_stack = common.Stack!
   -- html\render page, assert args[1] or template, "missing html string"
 
+list3 = (args={}, has_block) =>
+  pages = @site\query_pages { is_a: "post" }
+  table.sort pages, (a, b) -> a.source > b.source
+  limit_or_page_count = math.min args.limit or #pages, #pages
+
+  result = for page in *pages[1, limit_or_page_count]
+    { :title, :id, publish_date: pub_date, :blurb } = page.meta
+    title = title or titleize_slug id
+    url = rootname page\url_for!
+    vals = { title: title, publish_date: pub_date, blurb: blurb, url: url }
+
+    if has_block
+      cosmo.yield vals
+      nil
+    else
+      common.fill_ignoring_pre template, vals
+
+  unless has_block then return table.concat result
+
 -- use in templates
 -- $list2{[[<p>$title</p>]], limit = 2}
 -- $each{$list2({limit = 3}), "item"}[[$item]]
@@ -155,6 +174,7 @@ sitegen.create =>
   @list_posts = list_posts @, template
   @test = test
   @list2 = list2
+  @list3 = list3
 
   add_all = (files) ->
     for path in *files