blog/layouts/partials/left-nav.html

<nav class="side-nav">
    <div class="side-nav-content">
        <a href="/" class="portrait">
            <img class="portrait" src="/self.png" />
        </a>
        <div class="me">
            <h1 class="title">Michael Zhang</h1>
            <div class="links">
                {{ range .Site.Data.links }}
                <a href="{{ .url }}" title="{{ .description }}">
                    <i class="{{ .icon }}" aria-hidden="true"></i>
                </a>
                {{ end }}
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="bio">
            {{ os.ReadFile "layouts/partials/left-nav.md" | .RenderString }}

            <a href="/about">More &raquo;</a>
        </div>
    </div>
</nav>