{"id":20,"date":"2026-10-16T06:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:23:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20\" class=\"elementor elementor-20\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa87bd1 e-con-boxed lt-sec lt-pagehead e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa87bd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dac01fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dac01fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e6f64b lt-pagehead__title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e6f64b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e9e84d lt-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e9e84d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m Tessa Lund (sample): copy editor, cold-water swimmer, slow baker of rye bread. This is the short version; the index below is the long one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5c3864 e-con-boxed lt-sec e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e5c3864\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"me\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf8cbd4 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf8cbd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54e8b89 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54e8b89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac35322 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac35322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Me, indexed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e0d16 lt-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66e0d16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If my life had an index at the back, it would look roughly like this. Years instead of entry numbers; bold for the long chapter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f13a8 e-con-full lt-index lt-index--two e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"16f13a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f00d5 lt-ix-group elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1f00d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"lt-ix__letter\">B<\/h3><ul class=\"lt-ix\"><li><span class=\"lt-ix__word\">bread, learning to bake<\/span> 2020 to now<\/li><li><span class=\"lt-ix__word\">born<\/span> 1986, a long way from the sea<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2834c14 lt-ix-group elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2834c14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"lt-ix__letter\">E<\/h3><ul class=\"lt-ix\"><li><span class=\"lt-ix__word\">editing<\/span><ul><li>first job, a trade magazine 2009<\/li><li>books, in Lisbon <strong>2013\u20132019<\/strong><\/li><li>freelance, from home 2019 to now<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a15434 lt-ix-group elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a15434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"lt-ix__letter\">L<\/h3><ul class=\"lt-ix\"><li><span class=\"lt-ix__word\">Lisbon, lived in<\/span> 2013\u20132019<\/li><li><span class=\"lt-ix__word\">letters, one a week<\/span> since 2016<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b819768 lt-ix-group elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b819768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"lt-ix__letter\">N<\/h3><ul class=\"lt-ix\"><li><span class=\"lt-ix__word\">notebooks<\/span><ul><li>kept since age eleven 1997 to now<\/li><li>filled so far 34<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf02999 lt-ix-group elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf02999\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"lt-ix__letter\">S<\/h3><ul class=\"lt-ix\"><li><span class=\"lt-ix__word\">Springfield, moved to<\/span> <span class=\"lt-hl\"><strong>March 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"lt-ix__word\">swimming, cold water<\/span> all year since 2023<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0b9f57 lt-ix-group elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0b9f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"lt-ix__letter\">T<\/h3><ul class=\"lt-ix\"><li><span class=\"lt-ix__word\">this site<\/span> <em>see<\/em> notebooks<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11e298d e-con-boxed lt-sec lt-tint e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"11e298d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"story\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e133ec e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e133ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6f1df lt-photo lt-ar-photo elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c6f1df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-personal-about.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5\" alt=\"A woman seen from behind walking a coastal path above a blue bay\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-personal-about.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-personal-about-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-personal-about-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-personal-about-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-personal-about-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2dc563 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d2dc563\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8193cfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8193cfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why I write here<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5079fef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5079fef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I started this site in the first spring after the move, when I knew nobody in Springfield and wanted a reason to go out and look at things. One entry a week felt possible. It still does.<\/p><p>I write about what I did that week: a walk, a soup, a mend, a book. Nothing here is advice. It is a record, and the index is how I find things again (and how you can).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25e67f6 e-con-boxed lt-sec e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25e67f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"how\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba6f548 e-grid e-con-full lt-head e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba6f548\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8f1dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8f1dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How this site works<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10b13e7 lt-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10b13e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A few rules I keep, so the site stays easy to read and easy to find your way around.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0da2f4d e-con-full lt-rows e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0da2f4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f753cf e-grid e-con-full lt-fact e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f753cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-535e400 lt-fact__label elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"535e400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every Sunday<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a01ae lt-fact__text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57a01ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Written on Saturday, posted on Sunday morning. Usually 600 to 1,200 words.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21e5773 e-grid e-con-full lt-fact e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21e5773\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-424c502 lt-fact__label elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"424c502\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Numbered<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49acabb lt-fact__text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49acabb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every entry gets the next number. No. 1 was in March 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e525cc e-grid e-con-full lt-fact e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e525cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c5503a lt-fact__label elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c5503a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indexed<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552e93f lt-fact__text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"552e93f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Topics go into the index when an entry goes up. Bold marks the main entry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abb9131 e-grid e-con-full lt-fact e-con e-child\" data-id=\"abb9131\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee021df lt-fact__label elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee021df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Corrected<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9150c lt-fact__text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a9150c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If I get something wrong, I fix it and say so at the end of the entry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89b4224 e-con-boxed lt-sec lt-dark lt-cta e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89b4224\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"hello\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63562a7 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63562a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e022a4b lt-cta__title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e022a4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Write to me<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e4ec5b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e4ec5b\" 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