Strange text on homepage after theme update

immediately after I updated my theme, I get this text on the homepage of my site: Pages:. *after : (string) Text to put after all the links. Defaults to . *link_before : (string) Text that goes before the text of the link. Defaults to (blank). Version 2.7 or later required. *link_after : (string) Text that goes after the text of the link. Defaults to (blank). Version 2.7 or later required. *next_or_number : (string) Indicates whether page numbers should be used. Valid values are: *number (Default) *next (Valid in WordPress 1.5 or after) : *separator : (string) Text to be used between page numbers (if applicable). Defaults to a single breakable space. (Valid in WordPress 3.6 or after) *nextpagelink : (string) Text for link to next page. Defaults to Next page. (Valid in WordPress 1.5 or after) *previouspagelink : (string) Text for link to previous page. Defaults to Previous page. (Valid in WordPress 1.5 or after) *pagelink : (string) Format string for page numbers. % in the string will be replaced with the number, so Page % would generate "Page 1", "Page 2", etc. Defaults to %. *echo : (boolean) Toggles whether to echo or return the result. The default is true. Valid values: *1 (True) - Default *0 (False) *Return Values : (mixed) If $echo is set to true (default), returns NULL and echos the content. If $echo is set to false, returns formatted output in HTML *****/?> The site is here: http://walkingtreeoflife.com (though I temporarily took the site down and put it in maint. mode until I could resolve the issue...but if you need it back up to look at it, let me know. I disabled ALL plugins, and no help. And the text shows up, exactly the same, at the very top of every page. (before any content) Any thoughts?