Would Emily Dickinson have blogged?

 I'm Nobody! Who are you?

Are you – Nobody – too?

Then there's a pair of us!

Don't tell! they'd advertise – you know!

How dreary – to be – Somebody!

How public – like a Frog –

To tell one's name – the livelong June –

To an admiring Bog!

Now, I’m not trying to compare myself to Emily Dickinson.  But the big question is, can you be on the interwebs and still be a Nobody? After all, a blogger has to pose as a Somebody who others should read. 

Even more frightening is the idea that in transitioning from a Nobody to a Somebody, my half-baked thoughts will be preserved online. I’m envisioning the quarantine amber of Fringe here:

Image courtesy of MochaShakaKhan at http://fringe.wikia.com/wiki/Amber

As they say, the internet is forever.

So, I’m taking a leap of faith, and shedding invisibility.  I’m Tarah Dunn—writer, mom, reader, and pop culture junkie—and this is my blog.