# johannes vermeer (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover johannes vermeer. Page: Feed: --- ## [Maria van Oosterwijck: Meditations on the Brevity of Life](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/maria-van-oosterwijck-meditations) _2026-08-25 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ Maria van Oosterwijck (1630–1693) is another example of a hugely talented artist overlooked for many years because of her gender. ## [Judith Leyster—A Badass of the Dutch Golden Age](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/judith-leystera-bad-ass-of-the-dutch) _2026-08-18 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ But unrecognized for 200 years ## [The Least Vermeer-y Painting by Johannes Vermeer](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/the-least-vermeer-y-painting-by-johannes) _2026-08-11 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ Saint Praxedis ## [Thank You for Your Engagement](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/thank-you-for-your-engagement) _2026-08-04 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ For the past nine months, I have been posting weekly articles about Johannes Vermeer in my Substack publication, Vermeer Stories. Occasionally I’ve veered off course with stories about other artists, but for the most part the articles have been guided by my love for Vermeer. During this time, I have also been drafting a manuscript for a book, tentatively called ## [Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, by Johannes Vermeer](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/woman-in-blue-reading-a-letter-by) _2026-07-28 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ Good News in the Mail ## [Everybody Stops for The Goldfinch](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/everybody-stops-for-the-goldfinch) _2026-07-21 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ The iconic painting by Carel Fabritius ## [A Jan Steen Household](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/a-jan-steen-household) _2026-07-14 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ His are every bit as chaotic as mine ## [Roaming the Streets of Delft](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/roaming-the-streets-of-delft) _2026-07-07 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ Retracing the footsteps of Johannes Vermeer ## [Adriaen Brouwer: The Painter Who Lived in Taverns](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/adriaen-brouwer-the-painter-who-lived) _2026-06-30 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ Collected by Rembrandt and Rubens ## [The Little Street](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/the-little-street) _2026-06-23 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ In The Little Street, Vermeer captures the joy and dignity of a simple life in Delft. ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qc4MyVSGyASn) _2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer](https://tomanderson795592.substack.com/p/view-of-delft-by-johannes-vermeer) _2026-06-16 · Tom Anderson · Vermeer Stories_ Vermeer's Homage to his Hometown ## [Post 167 … Star-crossed on the Gutter’s Edge](https://paulglover.uk/2026/04/19/post-167-star-crossed-on-the-gutters-edge/) _2026-04-19 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ We have neighbours who have cats. There is one particular sleek female that sits on the roof of a nearby house and watches the Moon and the pigeons in the nearby Beech trees. There is one particular wiry male that has set his hat at that cat, but seems to be quite inept at climbing and jumping, and has so far failed to reach her after many attempts. She will not come down to him. ## [Post 166 … Sonnet for Yulia](https://paulglover.uk/2026/04/19/post-166-sonnet-for-yulia/) _2026-04-19 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ I wrote this poem the night after meeting the wife of a colleague who was an extremenly interesting person, and though I could not stay longer talking to both of them, wished I could. ## [Post 165 … Hope](https://paulglover.uk/2026/04/17/post-165-hope/) _2026-04-17 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ I wrote this poem the night of the recent elections in Hungary, when it became clear that Fidesz would be well-beaten by Tisza and Peter Magyar would be a new hope for a more liberal Hungary. Hope is not the ned in itself, but needs to be worked at to make it real. That is what the poem is about. ## [Post 164 … Night prowler](https://paulglover.uk/2026/03/02/post-164-night-prowler/) _2026-03-02 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ Here is a poem about a cat from 2018 that I have not posted before. It was written when my daughter was going to school in the countryside, and there was a wall with climbing plants along it where the cat used to lurk, black in black, in the deadly night shade. ## [Post 163 … A February Commute](https://paulglover.uk/2026/02/26/post-163-a-february-commute/) _2026-02-26 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ It has been a terrible Winter with low clouds that make one bow one's head and incessant rain. However, the last few days have been brighter, the world is waking up, mornings are lighter and the morning walk to the railway station of my small country town has become much pleasanter. This poem describes how it seemed to me this morning. ## [Post 162 … Knots, Wool and Loss](https://paulglover.uk/2026/02/16/post-162-knots-wool-and-loss/) _2026-02-16 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ I was listening to music by John Dowland while in the company of someone knitting, unknotting and cursing the loss of needles. It struck me that the dour ideas of Dowland would go well with the stresses of knitting angst, so I wrote this galliard! ## [Post 161 … Greener](https://paulglover.uk/2026/02/13/post-161-greener/) _2026-02-13 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ his is perhaps my first proper poem of 2026. I wanted to explore the idea of 'the grass is greener' and general dissatisfaction with life - an idea put in my mind by one of my students, by February being what it is, and by anno domini. ## [Post 160 … Morning Inspiration?](https://paulglover.uk/2026/01/31/post-160-morning-inspiration/) _2026-01-31 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ I wrote this poem this morning as a sudden inspiration. It came in a matter of 90 seconds of writing, or should I say tapping, as it was written on a mobile 'phone, followed by a few editorial changes a few hours later on a lap-top. ## [Post 159 …The Menagerie with a Pearl Earring IV](https://paulglover.uk/2026/01/31/post-159-the-menagerie-with-a-pearl-earring-iv/) _2026-01-31 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ This is the last Pearl Earring post. It has taken so long because of illness, for which my apologies. There are 12 paintings altogether over the last 4 related posts. Now I need another muse. ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8gyfwnuNvU8p) _2026-01-31 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [Post 158 … Politic II (Ode to a Lettuce)](https://paulglover.uk/2025/12/26/post-158-politic-ii-ode-to-a-lettuce/) _2025-12-26 · pwjglover · P-cubed_ I wrote this poem as both a political satire and a parody of a poem by Byron, at least 2 years ago now. It is about Liz Truss and her extremely short time as PM in which she car-crashed the economy.