diff --git a/migrations/demo.db/0006_contact-text-body.sql b/migrations/demo.db/0006_contact-text-body.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65eb200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/demo.db/0006_contact-text-body.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+alter table contacts
+  add column
+  text_body text;
diff --git a/migrations/each_user/0006_contact-text-body.sql b/migrations/each_user/0006_contact-text-body.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65eb200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/each_user/0006_contact-text-body.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+alter table contacts
+  add column
+  text_body text;
diff --git a/src/web/contact.rs b/src/web/contact.rs
index 7814e05..d996969 100644
--- a/src/web/contact.rs
+++ b/src/web/contact.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ mod get {
         .fetch_all(pool)
         .await?;
 
+        let text_body: Option<String> =
+            sqlx::query!("select text_body from contacts where id = $1", contact_id)
+                .fetch_one(pool)
+                .await?
+                .text_body;
+
         Ok(layout.render(
             Some(vec!["/static/contact.css", "/static/journal.css"]),
             html! {
@@ -149,6 +155,13 @@ mod get {
                     }
                 }
 
+
+                @if let Some(text_body) = text_body {
+                    @if text_body.len() > 0 {
+                        #text_body { (PreEscaped(markdown::to_html(&text_body))) }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 (journal_section(pool, &entries).await?)
             },
         ))
@@ -190,6 +203,14 @@ mod get {
             .manually_freshened_at
             .clone()
             .map_or("".to_string(), |m| m.to_rfc3339());
+
+        let text_body: String =
+            sqlx::query!("select text_body from contacts where id = $1", contact_id)
+                .fetch_one(pool)
+                .await?
+                .text_body
+                .unwrap_or(String::new());
+
         Ok(layout.render(Some(vec!["/static/contact.css"]), html! {
         form hx-ext="response-targets" {
             div {
@@ -240,6 +261,7 @@ mod get {
                     input type="button" value="Add" x-on:click="addresses.push({ label: new_label, value: new_address }); new_label = ''; new_address = ''";
                 }
             }
+            textarea name="text_body" { (text_body) }
         }
     }))
     }
@@ -279,6 +301,7 @@ mod put {
         manually_freshened_at: String,
         address_label: Option<Vec<String>>,
         address_value: Option<Vec<String>>,
+        text_body: String,
     }
 
     pub async fn contact(
@@ -307,10 +330,17 @@ mod put {
             )
         };
 
+        let text_body = if payload.text_body.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(payload.text_body)
+        };
+
         sqlx::query!(
-            "update contacts set (birthday, manually_freshened_at) = ($1, $2) where id = $3",
+            "update contacts set (birthday, manually_freshened_at, text_body) = ($1, $2, $3) where id = $4",
             birthday,
             manually_freshened_at,
+            text_body,
             contact_id
         )
         .execute(pool)
diff --git a/static/index.css b/static/index.css
index 6293226..03bf9da 100644
--- a/static/index.css
+++ b/static/index.css
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ html,body,div,span,applet,object,iframe,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,p,blockquote,pre,a,abb
 body {
   width: 100%;
   min-height: 100vh;
-  font-size: 24px;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;