My friend Margaret Simon who blogs at Reflections on the Teche shared Georgia Heard’s Substack with me, and I love reading about Georgia’s travels and writing experiences – and her book recommendations. A couple of months ago, she shared that she was reading The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life, and recommended it on her post. I picked it up and loved every page of it. I think what I enjoy most about her book recommendations is that they are journey-related and not necessarily bestsellers that everyone would naturally pick up and read. I like books that take me down back roads, and she does a splendid job of sharing sacred places, both inward and outward.
Georgia Heard offers writing calendars that work for both children and adults. Here is her February Valentine Mini Writing Calendar, inspiring us to fall in love with the everyday. I’ll be starting this today and walking with Georgia through the week. Join me with a journal and a pen!
Day 1 asks us to fall in love with love with something ordinary: the sky, a pencil, a crack in the sidewalk, and to write a few lines about what we noticed.
Sunday Brunch
chickadee chirped
from the wreath on the front door
I could see her
through the swirled glass
seeking shelter from the icy wind
diving in and out of the bucket of seed
I’d left on the porch
I scooped up two handfuls
scattered them on the sidewalk
she invited her friends
to Sunday brunch
Common Threads 
Georgia Heard is certainly one of the great inspirational voices of our times and I too love her book recommendations. THIS poem you created from her seed is absolutely lovely and clearly shows how an image can become a vibrant poem that links the animal kingdom and human ideas. “Sunday brunch” as you describe it is going to be a grad affair!
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I love watching the chickadees at my feeder. I love how your poem flows and takes me with you in your observation of Sunday brunch. I was inspired by you to write a poem today, too. Thanks!
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Ah, Kim, your sweet love of the chickadee is evident here. And “she invited her friends / to Sunday brunch” is magical.
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Beautiful poem, beautiful photo. Ah… those miracles of ordinary things. Thanks for letting me pause in my day and breathe, Kim!
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