Welcome, please, and thank you.

I'm Dan Jewett the caretaker, night-watchman, what have you.

I once read a bit of SEO wisdom that said you shouldn't waste space on your homepage with a "welcome" message because it's not useful to search engines. What absolute nonsense. Welcome!

If you gain something from being here, let me know. It will fill me with gratitude and glee.

What's here...

There are two timelines of posts. One starts here on the home page. The other timeline I call moments and it has titleless posts more like what you see on social media.
There is also a journal of my reading.

When Was That Again?

As I'm aging I am becoming more and more concerned with "when did that happen?" It's sometimes difficult to keep the span of years ordered...

The cover of the Penguin edition of Fictions, by Jorge Luis Borges. The cover features a black and white photo of a very old manuscript, open on its back to the central pages.

Borges

I’ve come back to reading. It has caused real grief for the years of not doing so, a mourning for the books I let slip away in deference to the great god Distraction...

Album cover depicting Jeff Beck standing, playing his guitar. Chalk? drawing by John Berg.

Blow By Blow

This music, blasting out of a giant, entirely white Plymouth Suburban station wagon...

Cover of The Scarlet Letter, with original art by fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo

The Scarlet Letter

The edition I read included at the start, an introductory piece entitled The Custom-House which some editions apparently omit...

Andor

I was able to enjoy it because they removed so much Star Wars from it...

Image shows a hand holding a book open in the middle. In the background are mist covered low mountains.

Long Reads.

I’ve decided I’m going to take on a series of longer book reads in my routine and use them as a way to work on improving my concentration...

A rear view of my Honda CR-V showing the Kansas license plate with the characters BEJOYFL.

BEJOYFL

Since my father has stopped driving (at 92) I've decided to register my Kansas plates in honor of the tag he had on his car for many years...

Dasterdly

I rise to announce that I will bring Articles of Impeachment against the president...

Album cover of Shadows and Light. Black with a semi-transparent view of Mitchell's face superimposed over a cymbal.

Shadows and Light

Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light has been a favorite of mine for many years now, but I'm embarrassed to find out...

A dramatic Baroque painting depicting Daniel in the lions' den. A muscular male figure in minimal white cloth sits praying amid several large lions in a dark cave. The lions, painted in rich golden tones, surround him menacingly, with some showing their teeth.

Daniel

According to the Hebrew Bible, Daniel was a noble Jewish youth of Jerusalem taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon,...

Gratitude

the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and...

Glee

1 great delight: his face lit up with impish glee.