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Velarde Author Ginger Gaffney Shares Experiences Working At Delancey Street In Her New Book ‘Half Broke’ - 11:31 am
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
kirsten@ladailypost.com
A favorite story of Velarde author Ginger Gaffney involves a skittish, frightened horse and Delancey Street Ranch resident struggling with mental health issues.
The resident, a woman, was in danger of being kicked out of the Delancey Street program, Gaffney said. She was cutting herself, wouldn’t look at anyone or speak. Meanwhile, a horse at the ranch was suffering from over-grown hooves but it refused to let anyone near to trim them.
Gaffney, a horse trainer, thought maybe the woman and the horse would be a good match for each other and suggested the woman try and get near the horse to trim its hooves. It ended up working, the woman was the one person the horse trusted.
White Rock Library Associate Samuel Buelow/Courtesy photo
COUNTY NEWS
Library Conversations Series is presented by Los Alamos County Library System
Samuel Buelow, White Rock Library Associate, avid crafter and cultural anthropologist, will discuss Crafting During COVID and Times of Crisis; how crafts play a role in personal well-being, social connection, and the economy, and also tie us into historical trends. Bring a project to share that you’ve been working on in recent months. Join us at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 via zoom HERE (https://zoom.us/j/99841410756).
Drawing primarily on 20
th century examples of crafting to support communities and war efforts, to cope emotionally and materially with unthinkable hardships, and to document personal and community trauma, the discussion aims to tie COVID era crafting to this legacy of help and healing. Participants are invited to share their own experiences with crafting, find/provide inspiration, or to solicit help on where to