My post for the TUTA blog went live today. Luckily the brainy roomie was kind enough to play editor so some of my writer's fear was assuaged. I still worry that it's lame but I had FUN writing it...now isn't that good information?

*contemplates clubbing inner critic so that the rest of us can enjoy this moment...hmmmm*

TUTA's first show in Chicago, "The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other" by Peter Handke.

Recently,TUTA did a spiffy website revamp, so we now have a blog. We all know that a blog can't write itself, so a call was sent to all company members for blogunteers. Since I seem to really enjoy doing this, I offered to create an October entry. I got rather excited about it and wrote something a few short hours after agreeing to chip in, even though we'd set a deadline that is over a week away. My exuberance was kinda cute.

Then, during the editing process, my inner critic started rattling bars and using all sorts of fear tactics in the hopes that I'd put on the brakes. While I am working to recognize what of my feelings is just old stories and various other chips, some rational part of me is wondering ~ what kind of blog entry would reflect our mission or would feed/challenge/engage our audience? When I'm blogging here on LJ, I don't really try to consider what folks want to read (erm...no offense!). I'm just rambling because I enjoy it and it forces me to push my edges around writing and poetry. I also stay connected to many folks here and I learn a lot from others.

That feels different from writing as a representative of my theatre company and while we're deliciously anti-commercial (so I feel no need to pander or try to "please the crowd") I'd like to create something of quality. I always try to give TUTA my artistic best.

It's good (and a bit uncomfortable) to be given the chance to expand into a new little challenge. It will be interesting to see how it all turns out.

I received a delightful invitation this week to be a co-author for a new blog: Magical Eating. This blog grew out of the Hearth Path work at Wintercamp 2009.

You may be thinking..."why Jennifer, how can you possibly talk about food even MORE?"...but it seems that I can and will.

Below I have pasted in the introduction post and intention, penned by Elfin. If you're interested I hope you'll join us there.

Much love and gratitude ~ Jen

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Gather ’round the Hearth
February 25th, 2009

Welcome! Come, have a seat…

Our hearths and homes are our most intimate expressions of self; the seat of our magic and our values. We welcome our beloveds into these sacred places; we laugh, work, make love and share food together there...

All of the authors here share a common love in food, family, and magic and/or spiritual practice as central pieces of our lives. We each love to share that passion with others. I, and the rest of the authoring team, hope that you find a home and a place to be in community with us here.

- elfin