Blossum Branches Out
Before Blossum, before Duncan, before Facebook, before email for that matter, there lived inside me a tiny dormant seed, waiting to sprout at that perfect moment when the light hits just right, the stars are in alignment and the droplets of live-giving water foster the beginning of life.
For years and years…and years I’ve been writing, planning, dreaming about sharing my work with you…putting it out into the world. Since I was a kid I wrote little stories, took creative writing classes, fantasized about writing children’s books. Always the stories included creatures…dogs, cats, bugs, goats, manatees.
“Zipper’s Tales, The Musings of a City Cat,” was one of my first serious endeavors. Written with a cat I had in a previous life, I even shared a few pieces with some friends. They seemed to like them well enough.
I have a manilla file that has moved with me wherever I’ve gone for the last 30 years. In it I have typewritten manuscripts, napkins with time-worn, barely legible writing, torn corners of paper…each with ideas for writing projects I’ve wanted to pursue.
There were all kinds of reasons why I hadn’t taken this longing of my heart very seriously, a number only dwarfed by the number of excuses I had for why I didn’t have a dog. And you know how that ended up!
“I’m too busy,” I’d tell myself. “I’m afraid I’d suck” was another favorite.
Then….the pandemic. A curse on society…and a blessing in disguise for me.
May of crazy 2020, Blossum The Divine Dog is born!
I went from a social media virgin to daily Instagram and Facebook postings, enthralled with the experience of sharing Blossum with the world. I’ve committed to write a weekly blog where I can share the hilarity, love and joy of life with a Basset Hound. Blossum, my muse, is an inspiration I could have only dreamed of. We have over 2300 Instagram followers and equal exposure on Facebook, all because I just can’t keep Blossum to myself.
And now, our next chapter….we have been published on Creatures the animal-focused arena of the writing platform Medium. Real writers publish on Medium! I submitted my first story and it was accepted. I was told I am now one of Medium’s writers! Holy crap! Really?
Blossie and I have so much we want to say and share with the world. We have now been given another forum in which to do that.
All I can say is Wow! Thank you for coming along with us. It means the world to me!
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The story on Medium is a compilation of a few others you’ve read on my blog. Here’s the link to check it out.
