My Family Holidays Then and Now
Faithful Fools Leah Laxamana shares her family's holiday traditions in the Philippines and the U.S. over the years.
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Silena Layne
Dec 7, 20223 min read
One Family, All Love, Every Time!
Silena Layne, a member of our Board and a full time Fool, has a family that has the strongest of bonds and the will to thrive--always!
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Leah Laxamana
May 31, 20225 min read
Getting to Know My(self &) Neighbors, Part 2
Part 2: Faithful Fool Leah Laxamana spent APA Heritage Month reflecting on her heritage and getting to know her Tenderloin neighbors.
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Leah Laxamana
May 27, 20226 min read
Getting to Know My(self &) Neighbors, Part 1
Faithful Fool Leah Laxamana spent Asian Pacific Heritage Month reflecting on her heritage and getting to know her Tenderloin neighbors.
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Jesse Johnson
Apr 28, 20223 min read
How I Came to Know the Faithful Fools: Part 1 – Kay
Our beloved friend and Tenderloin poet Jesse Johnson shares how he has gotten to know Kay and Faithful Fools
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Silena Layne
Apr 26, 20222 min read
An Overdue Welcome to our First African American Supreme Court Justice, The Honorable Ketanji Brown
Faithful Fool Silena Layne expresses the significance of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to be on the Supreme Court in her life.
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UC Berkeley Alternative Breaks Program
Apr 15, 20222 min read
Reflections on a Week in the Tenderloin
Faithful Fools hosted UC Berkeley students for a week of immersion in the Tenderloin. Learn their thoughts on their experience.
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Leah Laxamana
Mar 29, 20223 min read
The Women of My Herstory
Get to know some of the women who have shaped the life of Faithful Fool, Leah Laxamana.
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Silena Layne
Feb 28, 20223 min read
How to Make a Dollar Out of 15 Cents
Black History Budgeting: How to Make a Dollar Out of 15 Cents
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Silena Layne
Feb 17, 20223 min read
My Definition of Black Love
Continuing reflections on Black History Month
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Silena Layne
Feb 10, 20223 min read
Bold, Brilliant and Beautiful
"Women have always been the beacon of light that kept me on and redirected back to the right path when I strayed..."
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Silena Layne
Feb 2, 20222 min read
Black History to Me
Today is the first day of Black History Month and we share with you what it means to Faithful Fool, Silena Layne.
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faithfulfools
Dec 23, 20214 min read
One More Deep Breath Before . . .
Tomorrow, there will be proof positive. Tomorrow, there will be just a little more daylight . . . there will be an ever-so-subtle knowing...
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Linda Chrisman
Dec 22, 20213 min read
Deeply. Quietly. Reflection on the Dark.
It’s all too easy to romanticize the dark as I sit warm and dry in my beautiful comfortable home gazing out at the redwood tree dancing...
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Carmen Barsody
Dec 21, 20212 min read
This Little Light of Ours
Remembering our traditional solstice gatherings, may we soon gather again in person. A table sits in the middle of the room filled with...
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Sam Dennison
Dec 20, 20213 min read
In this Moment of Quiet on Solstice Eve
Today is the second day of Solstice. Everything is quiet. Shall we tell ourselves a little story about a quiet winter evening like this...
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Sam Dennison
Dec 19, 20211 min read
A Pause (courtesy of Kay Jorgensen and Ezra Pound)
Let's say this poem together And the days are not full enough (take a deep breath) And the nights are not full enough (take another deep...
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faithfulfools
Dec 18, 20212 min read
The Five Days of Solstice
On December 21st at 7:58 AM (if you are in the Pacific time zone), the northern most tip of the earth will be tilted far away from the...
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faithfulfools
Dec 1, 20213 min read
'Tis the season . . . hibernation and dreaming
The year 2021 is coming to a close. The sun is lower in the sky. The northern axis of the earth is tilted away from the sun. For those of...
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Silena Layne & Sam Dennison
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Reflections on Gratitude and Acknowledgement
November immediately pops into our mind as the month to celebrate gratitude and thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, as a US holiday, is...
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