I have not corrected the problem. While the code seems to show that it links to the proper page, in fact what comes up is not about me but the first page of my new acquisitions category, currently showing a Japanese print.
I am currently using the Small Business Lite theme. Originally I had the twenty-twelve theme but clicked the change theme selection when I realized I had made a bad choice, and selected this theme. So I am a bit unsure whether this was from the theme repository or not. It was free.
As for my menus, the main menu was set up by moving pages from the page memory to the main menu under the menu selection under themes on the left side of the dashboard. I forget now how I created the sidebar menu, but those are the categories from my posts.
As a backstory, I am an art person with no IT experience trying to figure out how to do this on the cheap. It is confusing, but I am confident I can fix this. And I really, really appreciate all of your help. Thank you.
Joseph Bothwell