Jodi Buchan

 

What do you question? What do you want to explore? What do you want others
to know?
Horses as therapists. The love of grandmothers. Places are part of our
souls. These are a few ideas Jodi Buchan has contemplated and written about over
the past several years. Recently, Jodi and her writing partner, Lynn Moore,
have been exploring the ubiquitous nature of coffee on their blog at
www.coffeesnobology.wordpress.com .  Projects on and in and under her desk for the
near future include a caregiver’s guide to advocacy, an agro-tourism book,
and various story topics that inspire her to ask questions such as, “Does a
three-legged werewolf qualify for a handicap parking tag?”

(Editors can contact Jodi at jodi.buchan@gmail.com )
Published articles include:

Magazine & Newspaper:
“A Naturalist, Naturally,”
Northwoods Woman Magazine, January/February 2010
“Ms Maestro,”
Northwoods Woman Magazine, March/April 2009
“Who Am I,”
Irish American Post, May 2003
“Monitor Your Child’s Development,”
Craig Daily Press, June 2001
“The Delta Society,”
The Bark: The Modern Dog Culture Magazine, Summer 2000
“Neighbors of Note,”
Steamboat Magazine, Centennial Issue- Summer/Fall 2000 (Co-authored)
“When Different is the Same,”
Exceptional Parent Magazine, Education Issue-September 2000
“Satisfying the Curious,”
Exceptional Parent Magazine, December 2000
“Who’s Keeping an Eye on Development in the Enchanted Valley?”
Steamboat Pilot, November 25, 1998 Anthologies:
“Suspended Belief,” (a grandmother short story) and “Watershed,” poem in Dust and Fire, 2010.
“Seventh Inning Stretch,” (a grandmother short story in
The Talking Stick: Volume 18, 2009.
“Butch, the Horse Who Believed in my Daughter,”
essay in Angel Horses with a Mission, New World Library, 2009 www.newworldlibrary.com
“Transplant,” (poem of Irish American musing)
The Talking Stick: Volume 16, 2007.

Miscellaneous Writing and Awards:
2nd Place award for “In Disguise,” (adapted excerpt from memoir in
progress, Normal: A Mythical Memoir)
in the Angel Horses with a Mission contest and publication in upcoming anthology by
New World Library.
Honorable Mention for “The Newcomer,”
in the Personal Essay category of the Writer’s Digest 1999 writing
competition.
Honorable Mention for introduction to Normal: A Mythical Memoir,” in the
Flash Fiction category of the Pen Women, Nob Hill, Soul Making Competition.
“What is Medical Home,” and “Implementing Early Education,” specials to the
Yampa Valley Medical Center newsletter for physicians.
Wrote, edited, published, “Advocate Avenue,” a regional newsletter
distributed (two times yearly) by Colorado school districts to over 700 families per
issue.
“Learning From My Child,” (adapted excerpt from in progress memoir, Normal:
A Mythical Memoir) published in Parent to Parent of Colorado newsletter
with mailing list of 400, listserve of over 1,000.
Grant and proposal writing for non-profits.

Public Awareness:
Developed seven-week public awareness newspaper campaign on brain
development.
Developed a county resource directory brochure for disability services.

Public Speaking:
Speech for 2011 Legislative Luncheon regarding disability services
Presenter at Health Care symposium
Presenter at State Child Care Conference
Presenter at Regional Inclusion Conference
Presenter at Colorado Parent to Parent workshop, system change
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