diff --git a/pwiki/page.js b/pwiki/page.js
index 541a860..d3e8d24 100755
--- a/pwiki/page.js
+++ b/pwiki/page.js
@@ -246,6 +246,26 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 	get isPattern(){
 		return this.path.includes('*') },
 
+	// XXX EXPERIMENTAL...
+	get ctime(){
+		var that = this
+		return Promise.awaitOrRun(
+			this.data,
+			function(data){
+				var t = (data ?? {}).ctime
+				return t ?
+					new Date(t).getTimeStamp()
+					: t }) },
+	get mtime(){
+		var that = this
+		return Promise.awaitOrRun(
+			this.data,
+			function(data){
+				var t = (data ?? {}).mtime
+				return t ?
+					new Date(t).getTimeStamp()
+					: t }) },
+	/*/ // XXX ASYNC...
 	get ctime(){ return async function(){
 		var t = ((await this.data) ?? {}).ctime
 		return t ?
@@ -256,6 +276,7 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 		return t ?
 			new Date(t).getTimeStamp()
 			: t }.call(this) },
+	//*/
 	
 	// store interface...
 	//
@@ -435,7 +456,22 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 
 	// relative proxies to store...
 	exists: relProxy('exists'), 
-	match: relMatchProxy('match'), 
+	// XXX which match should we use???
+	//match: relMatchProxy('match'), 
+	match: function(path='.', strict=false){
+		var that = this
+		if(path === true || path === false){
+			strict = path
+			path = '.' }
+		path = pwpath.relative(this.path, path)
+		return Promise.awaitOrRun(
+			this.store.match(path, strict),
+			function(res){
+				return res.length == 0 ?
+					// XXX are we going outside of match semantics here???
+					that.store.find(path) 
+					: res }) },
+	/*/ // XXX ASYNC...
 	match: async function(path='.', strict=false){
 		if(path === true || path === false){
 			strict = path
@@ -596,6 +632,7 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 		for(var path of paths){
 			yield this.get('/'+ path) } },
 	//*/
+	// XXX is this correct here???
 	[Symbol.asyncIterator]: async function*(){
 		yield* this.each() },
 
diff --git a/pwiki/store/base.js b/pwiki/store/base.js
index 31fd333..9f0b262 100755
--- a/pwiki/store/base.js
+++ b/pwiki/store/base.js
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ object.Constructor('JournalDB', {
 // 			.load(..)
 //
 //
+// NOTE: the level 2 read API is designed to be sync/async, i.e. if an 
+// 		underlying L1 method returns a promise the L2 method will also 
+// 		return a promise but if L1 is sync and returns an explicit value 
+// 		the L2 will also return an explicit value.
+// 		(use ig-types' Promise.awaitOrRun(..) to make this transparent)
 // NOTE: store keys must be normalized to avoid conditions where two
 // 		forms of the same path exist at the same time...
 //
@@ -1531,6 +1536,13 @@ var metaProxy =
 function(name, pre, post){
 	var func = function(path, ...args){
 		var that = this
+		path = pre ?
+			pre.call(this, path, ...args)
+			: path
+
+		// XXX this is mesurably faster than .awaitOrRun(..) while the 
+		// 		code in return is about the same or faster than the 
+		// 		non .awaitOrRun(..) version for some reason...
 		var _do = function(path){
 			var res
 			var p = that.substore(path)
@@ -1541,20 +1553,15 @@ function(name, pre, post){
 					...args) }
 			return res 
 				?? object.parentCall(MetaStore[name], that, ...arguments) }
-
-		path = pre ?
-			pre.call(this, path, ...args)
-			: path
-
 		var res = path instanceof Promise ?
 			path.then(_do)
 			: _do(path)
 
 		return post ?
-			(res instanceof Promise ?
-				res.then(function(res){
+			Promise.awaitOrRun(
+				res,
+				function(res){
 					return post.call(that, res, path, ...args) })
-				: post.call(this, res, path, ...args))
 			: res }
 	Object.defineProperty(func, 'name', {value: name})
 	return func }