Jodi Johnson:
Author, Storyteller, Traveller, Trauma Resolution Therapist
Jodi Marie Johnson’s family has lived in Arizona for seven generations. She lives and writes from a western spirit. Jodi grew up exploring the deserts, mountains, canyons and creeks of her beloved Arizona.
She has traveled around the world exploring native cultures, foods and wild places, yet she returns always to the light-drenched Southwest she calls home.
Jodi actively volunteers in underserved communities and supports conservation of the natural ecosystems of the West; teaches, gives therapies, studies and writes from her native Arizona.
She brings her love of old places and things, cooking and sharing with her family and friends to her storytelling.
“What is writing but an expression of my own life?” — Zane Grey
Jodi’s latest book:
Back Roads, Horned Toads & What’s for Dinner
Travel back in time along the old Arizona and New Mexico railways and highways. Adventure into times of good food, hair-raising tales and grand misadventures.
Here are long-ago stories, pictures and recipes from a most unusual family. Feed your hunger and your love for the American Southwest.
“In a modern world that seems so often to be cold and flavorless, ‘Back Roads, Horned Toads and What’s for Dinner’ is a plentiful serving of scrumptious warmth.”
–Mary Sojourner, author of Going through Ghosts, Bonelight and NPR commentator
“... a tapestry of Arizona days we all long for. Her stories are woven with a blend of spirit, at once pioneering and precocious, that transcends local history and folklore.”
–Charles Seiverd, Publisher, The Noise, Arts and News Magazine
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