Dan Jewett

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 nonsense. Welcome!

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

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
~ H.L. Mencken

What's here...

You can see below how I've grouped The categories on the site.
And then here's all of it together →
There is also a journal of all my reading.

Poems →

Ventures in verse…

Moon

October 24, 2024

Last night I stood in my dark kitchen.… the rest

Admonish

December 13, 2021

Am I a stupid, silly man?… the rest

Black and white photo of a young woman with a comical sneer on her face.

Here and Her

December 28, 2020

Between here and her are rolling… the rest

Soap bubbles float in the air in front of some trees. The sun shines through them.

Maker

March 5, 2018

One morning the God of our universe...… the rest

A black and white photo viewed as one standing between train rails watching them curve away into the distance.

Rivals

April 8, 2017

Heartbroken and weary from many battles...… the rest

Articles / Essays →

Notes coalesce…

A silhouetted person walking alone down a long, straight highway leading toward Monument Valley's distinctive rock formations at sunset/dusk.

Big D

November 22, 2019

This time Big D doesn’t stand for Dan, it stands for the other thing.… the rest

Notes →

Some become completed thoughts, others not so much.

Kicking and Screaming

September 18, 2025

My slow somewhat hypocritical move away from enshittification.… the rest

Black and white photo of a little girl reading Dr. Spock's Baby and Childcare. She is holding the book upside down.

Reading in Public

August 24, 2025

My most recent transgression, I've come to realize, is a celebration of...… the rest

Borges

July 19, 2025

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.… the rest

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

Blow By Blow

May 31, 2025

This music, blasting out of a giant, entirely white Plymouth Suburban station wagon … the rest

The Scarlet Letter

May 30, 2025

I’ve done myself a treat by finishing The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.… the rest

Ralph Waldo Emerson

May 28, 2025

In 1851, Ralph Waldo Emerson was writing in his journal regarding the passing of the Fugitive Slave Law.… the rest

Andor

May 27, 2025

I surprised myself and watched both seasons of Andor the latest Star Wars offering from Disney.… the rest

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

Long reads.

April 18, 2025

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.… the rest

Album cover of Are You Experience by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. There is a fish-eye style photo of the three band members. The color theme is purple on yellow.

Psychedelic Freak Out

April 9, 2025

My seven year old self was of course oblivious to what was happening in the rock world’s Summer of Love.… the rest

A screenshot of a small port of the Yate music tag manager interface. It shows a list of music tracks ready for editing.

Appreciating the Utilitarian Aesthetic

March 6, 2025

I find it interesting that I will get so much satisfaction from executing a task at the command line where I experience only text and a certain amount of invisible magic, and then turn around and be disdainful of a graphical interface that doesn’t appear super-slick or modern.… the rest