Faithful Fools

"Women have always been the beacon of light that kept me on and redirected back to the right path when I strayed..."

Today is the first day of Black History Month and we share with you what it means to Faithful Fool, Silena Layne.

Tomorrow, there will be proof positive. Tomorrow, there will be just a little more daylight . . . there will be an ever-so-subtle knowing...

­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...

Remembering our traditional solstice gatherings, may we soon gather again in person. A table sits in the middle of the room filled with...

Today is the second day of Solstice. Everything is quiet. Shall we tell ourselves a little story about a quiet winter evening like this...

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...

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...

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...

November immediately pops into our mind as the month to celebrate gratitude and thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, as a US holiday, is...

We awoke this morning to the news that a dear, dear friend of ours died last night. In our neighborhood and in our community,...

Three years ago, Carmen Barsody (co-founder of Faithful Fools) was walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Over the course of 42 days,...

Nicaragua Blog Teachers, colleagues, companions on the journey. That’s what the people of Nicaragua have been for me since 1990 when I...

Circumambulation is a practice of love. It is a practice of devotion. When circumambulating Mt. Tam, I embrace the mountain with my...

As many of you may know, our Faithful Fools Co-Founder is celebrating 60 revolutions around the sun on October 28th and we’re marking...

This coming October 28th I, Carmen Barsody, a co-founder of Faithful Fools, turn 60. Who woulda thunk?! 🤡 In honor of my 60 years, I...