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Standing on the Bones of the Past

Into the wilderness: Story 36 I have begun writing a memoir. Saying this in my blog shifts me from potential goal to a commitment. I’m good with that. As I contemplate my story, I obviously reflect on the past. Since I left corporate work a year ago, the past has hovered about me. The painContinueContinue reading “Standing on the Bones of the Past”

Is Project 2025 the far right’s Nuremberg Laws?

A Surviving Facts blog I’m a podcast fan, and lately, I’ve been listening to Toy Soldier, a podcast about a 10-year-old boy who survived the holocaust when he was “adopted” by a Latvian Nazi troop who found him in the woods outside a rural Belarus town. His mother had told him never to admit hisContinueContinue reading “Is Project 2025 the far right’s Nuremberg Laws?”

It’s not a joke

A Surviving Facts Blog On Wednesday, the day after the election when many Americans were still trying to process the results, Black adults and students woke to text messages. They all were written similarly to the one below: “Greetings [name of person plus last name initial], You have been selected to pick cotton at theContinueContinue reading “It’s not a joke”

New study on women in the workplace: slow progress means no progress

A Surviving Facts Blog Another article caught my attention early this morning- from Harvard Business Review, one of the publications I greatly respect. The article, to sum it up, says that younger women- roughly those in their 30s- have the same work life experiences of bias and disempowerment that women in their 50s and olderContinueContinue reading “New study on women in the workplace: slow progress means no progress”