diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 001d3912..0bdfa1b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 * SVN *
 
+* [NEW] Added {{ article.excerpt }} liquid tag for accessing an articles excerpt.
+
 * Change - Article#body_for_mode only returns the body, not excerpt + body.  This means you'll have to do this in your templates
 if you want to show both:
 
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 208120ff..d4607db9 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
     t.column "author_email",   :string
     t.column "author_ip",      :string,   :limit => 100
     t.column "comments_count", :integer,                 :default => 0
-    t.column "version",        :integer
     t.column "updater_id",     :integer
+    t.column "version",        :integer
     t.column "site_id",        :integer
     t.column "approved",       :boolean,                 :default => false
     t.column "comment_age",    :integer,                 :default => 0
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@
 
   create_table "events", :force => true do |t|
     t.column "mode",       :string
+    t.column "user_id",    :integer
     t.column "article_id", :integer
     t.column "title",      :text
     t.column "body",       :text
     t.column "created_at", :datetime
-    t.column "user_id",    :integer
     t.column "author",     :string,   :limit => 100
     t.column "comment_id", :integer
     t.column "site_id",    :integer
diff --git a/lib/mephisto/liquid/article_drop.rb b/lib/mephisto/liquid/article_drop.rb
index 0d5be916..85841131 100644
--- a/lib/mephisto/liquid/article_drop.rb
+++ b/lib/mephisto/liquid/article_drop.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def initialize(source, options = {})
           'permalink'        => @source.permalink,
           'url'              => @source.full_permalink,
           'body'             => @source.send(:body_for_mode, options[:mode] || :list),
+          'excerpt'          => @source.excerpt_html,
           'published_at'     => @source.site.timezone.utc_to_local(@source.published_at),
           'updated_at'       => @source.site.timezone.utc_to_local(@source.updated_at),
           'comments_count'   => @source.comments_count,
diff --git a/lib/mephisto/liquid/filters.rb b/lib/mephisto/liquid/filters.rb
index 5d0515cd..41a9ccb8 100644
--- a/lib/mephisto/liquid/filters.rb
+++ b/lib/mephisto/liquid/filters.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ def month_list
         # XXX cache this someday
         earliest = controller.site.articles.find(:first, :order => 'published_at').published_at.beginning_of_month
       end
+
       
       private
         # marks a page as class=selected
diff --git a/themes/default/templates/home.liquid b/themes/default/templates/home.liquid
index bd84544b..8f44e208 100644
--- a/themes/default/templates/home.liquid
+++ b/themes/default/templates/home.liquid
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   {% if forloop.index < 3 %}
       <div class="story{% if forloop.first %} first{% endif %}">
         <h3>{{ article | link_to_article }}</h3>
+        {{ article.excerpt }}
         {{ article.body }}
         <div class="details">
           Posted on {{ article.published_at | format_date: 'stub', true }} | 
diff --git a/themes/default/templates/single.liquid b/themes/default/templates/single.liquid
index 9682a1b1..787c31d2 100644
--- a/themes/default/templates/single.liquid
+++ b/themes/default/templates/single.liquid
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   <div class="inside">
     <div class="primary">
       <h1>{{ article.title }}</h1>
+      {{ article.excerpt }}
       {{ article.body }}
     </div>
     <hr class="hide" />