{"id":23,"date":"2026-10-02T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-10-02T21:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:13:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"23\" class=\"elementor elementor-23\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4eeee6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b4eeee6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5520e3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5520e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n* { box-sizing:border-box; }\r\n\r\n.about-page {\r\n    width:100%;\r\n    margin:0;\r\n    background:#fff;\r\n    color:#222;\r\n    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.about-header {\r\n    width:100%;\r\n    background:#1d2224;\r\n    text-align:center;\r\n    padding:32px 20px 20px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.about-brand {\r\n    display:flex;\r\n    justify-content:center;\r\n    align-items:center;\r\n    gap:12px;\r\n    margin-bottom:22px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.about-brand img {\r\n    width:85px;\r\n    height:auto;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.about-brand span {\r\n    color:#fff;\r\n    font-family:Georgia,serif;\r\n    font-size:34px;\r\n    font-style:italic;\r\n    font-weight:bold;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.about-nav {\r\n    display:flex;\r\n    justify-content:center;\r\n    gap:32px;\r\n    flex-wrap:wrap;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.about-nav a {\r\n    color:#d99a35;\r\n    text-decoration:none;\r\n    font-family:Georgia,serif;\r\n    font-size:14px;\r\n    font-style:italic;\r\n    font-weight:bold;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.about-nav a:hover { color:white; 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}\r\n    .about-brand img { width:65px; }\r\n\r\n    .about-footer {\r\n        flex-direction:column;\r\n        gap:15px;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    .about-footer-links { justify-content:center; }\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"about-page\">\r\n\r\n<header class=\"about-header\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"about-brand\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/luminescence-logo.png\"\r\n             alt=\"Literature Circles logo\">\r\n        <span>Literature Circles<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <nav class=\"about-nav\">\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/\">Home<\/a>\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/about-us\/\">About Us<\/a>\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a>\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/meetings\/\">Meetings<\/a>\r\n    <\/nav>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"about-title\">\r\n    Mel Herman - Founder\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<main class=\"about-content\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"about-photo\">\r\n\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Mel_Herman-biotrim.jpg\"\r\n             alt=\"Mel Herman Founder\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"about-caption\">\r\n            Mel Herman Founder\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"about-text\">\r\n\r\n        <p class=\"about-opening\">\r\n            \u201cThe gallows, ye mean!\u2014I am immortal then, on land and on sea,\u201d\r\n            cried Ahab, with a laugh of derision;\u2014\u201cImmortal on land and on sea!\u201d\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p>\r\n            Both were silent again, as one man. The grey dawn came on, and\r\n            the slumbering crew arose from the boat\u2019s bottom, and ere noon\r\n            the dead whale was brought to the ship.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p>\r\n            The season for the Line at length drew near; and every day when\r\n            Ahab, coming from his cabin, cast his eyes aloft, the vigilant\r\n            helmsman would ostentatiously handle his spokes, and the eager\r\n            mariners quickly run to the braces, and would stand there with\r\n            all their eyes centrally fixed on the nailed doubloon; impatient\r\n            for the order to point the ship\u2019s prow for the equator. In good\r\n            time the order came. It was hard upon high noon; and Ahab,\r\n            seated in the bows of his high-hoisted boat, was about taking\r\n            his wonted daily observation of the sun to determine his latitude.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"about-quote\">\r\n            \u201cI refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don\u2019t\r\n            know the answer\u201d \u2014 Mel Herman, Founder\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/main>\r\n\r\n<footer class=\"about-footer\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"about-footer-links\">\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/the-gallows-ye-mean\/\">The gallows, ye mean<\/a>\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/rushing-to-the-yard-arms\/\">Rushing to the yard-arms<\/a>\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/gamming\/\">Gamming<\/a>\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"about-copy\">Literature Circles 2024<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/footer>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literature Circles Home About Us Contact Us Meetings Mel Herman &#8211; Founder Mel Herman Founder \u201cThe gallows, ye mean!\u2014I am immortal then, on land and on sea,\u201d cried Ahab, with a laugh of derision;\u2014\u201cImmortal on land and on sea!\u201d Both were silent again, as one man. 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