Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Have you ever taken a walk with a scientist?  It's not like when you walk with a friend and "catch up" and maybe gossip a bit and share your take on the current state of the nation.  I'm married to a scientist, and he keeps a monologue going about what he sees:  I wonder what that flower is, see that tree there?  look at the bird, what are the crows fussing about?  He points out all the things I can see as well as he can, and stops often to look closer at a web, a plant, a bug.  We've been married 45 years, but he acts like I can't see anything without his guidance.   And we are usually taking one of two neighborhood walks, so very little changes or is new.  He is an OBSERVER.  Not a conversationalist.  He believes one person should talk for twenty minutes and the other listen, then he leaves.  He is fundamentally grounded in the world of nature.  Observing, noting, allowing me to be the Watson to his Sherlock.  I'm amazed Watson didn't push Sherlock down the stairs.  In real life, he would have.  But...the exercise is good, and I think my own thoughts as he narrates.  Marriage is a compromise.