mention sass in readme

[blog] / README.md

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@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ Individual theme feedback and bug reports should be submitted to the theme's ind
 
 ## Usage
 
-### 1. Install Jekyll
+### 1. Install dependencies
 
-Poole is built for use with Jekyll, so naturally you'll need to install that. On Macs, it's rather straightforward:
+Poole is built on Jekyll and uses its built-in SCSS compiler to generate our CSS. Before getting started, you'll need to install the Jekyll gem:
 
 ```bash
 $ gem install jekyll
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ $ gem install jekyll
 
 **Windows users:** Windows users have a bit more work to do, but luckily [@juthilo](https://github.com/juthilo) has your back with his [Run Jekyll on Windows](https://github.com/juthilo/run-jekyll-on-windows) guide.
 
-You may also need to install Pygments, the Python syntax highlighter for code snippets that plays nicely with Jekyll. Read more about this [in the Jekyll docs](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/templates/#code_snippet_highlighting).
+**Need syntax highlighting?** Poole includes support for Pygments or Rouge, so install your gem of choice to make use of the built-in styling. Read more about this [in the Jekyll docs](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/templates/#code_snippet_highlighting).
 
 ### 2a. Quick start
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Folks wishing to use Jekyll's templates and styles can do so with a little bit o
 
 ### 3. Running locally
 
-To see your Jekyll site with Poole applied, start a Jekyll server. In Terminal, from `/Poole` (or whatever your Jekyll site's root directory is named):
+To see your Jekyll site with Poole applied, start a Jekyll server. In Terminal, from `/poole` (or whatever your Jekyll site's root directory is named):
 
 ```bash
 $ jekyll serve
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ Poole has two branches, but only one is used for active development.
 - `master` for development.  **All pull requests should be to submitted against `master`.**
 - `gh-pages` for our hosted site, which includes our analytics tracking code. **Please avoid using this branch.**
 
+CSS is handled via Jeykll's built-in Sass compiler. Source Sass files are located in `_sass/`, included into `styles.scss`, and compile to `styles.css`.
 
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