meg burke

I recently returned from a gathering at Windstone Farm , where we reflected on Lilias Trotter's life and work with Jennifer Trafton....

Recently I’ve come across a few books which have made me feel seen in aspects of my life and longings. I suspect it’s not incidental that...

So where’s the belonging, you may ask? I’ve written more about beauty here, possibly because this has seemed safer, less exposed and...

Mary Oliver’s timely poem “ The Summer Day ” keeps turning up. First in a Southborough L’Abri lecture by Sarah Chestnut, which I listened...

Since returning from travels, I’ve revisited Alain de Botton’s reflections on homecoming in “The Art of Travel”. He wonders if we might ...

For the last few months I've been thinking about Hagar, who shows up in many of Rembrandt’s sketches and etchings. In the artist’s...

Portrait of Titus, Rembrandt (1653) A letter I read months ago, by Henri Nouwen, has become quite unexpectedly relevant: just a little...