About Jan

Jan Hanseth is a freelance web developer, a student of massage therapy, a belly dancer, and an amateur chef. As she enters her thirties, she is moving away from corporate IT, and is finding herself in the middle of a major career and lifestyle change.

She lives with her partner in Portland, Maine. Like many residents of Maine, both Jan and her partner are actually “from away,” and their children’s children will still be considered newcomers by the crusty old lobstermen that inhabit these parts.

Even though she grew up in a lower-middle class family, Jan attended a private all-girls school and went on to graduate from a prestigious Ivy League college. As a result, she has a pretty good understanding of what it means to “live without” when everyone around you is spending left and right.

In her spare time, which is pretty hard to come by these days, she likes to knit and crochet, and watch stupid television. She also enjoys long walks on the beach. (Really. There’s a nice beach very close to her apartment.)

Visit her food blog to learn more about her adventures cooking and eating in Maine.

Jan can be reached at jan@queercents.com.