Add better description of what Pelican does to README (#3102)

Co-authored-by: Justin Mayer <entroP@gmail.com>
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Pelican is a static site generator, written in Python_.
Pelican is a static site generator, written in Python_, that allows you to create
web sites by composing text files in formats such as Markdown, reStructuredText, and HTML.
With Pelican, you can create web sites without worrying about databases or server-side programming.
Pelican generates static sites that can be served via any web server or hosting service.
You can perform the following functions with Pelican:
* Compose content in Markdown_ or reStructuredText_ using your editor of choice
* Simple command-line tool (re)generates HTML, CSS, and JS from your source content