Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We spent the day in our backyard with our older son, his wife and our 5 year old grandson. It was a warm day, and we took a walk and saw a neighbor's koi fish and to a park where our grandson climbed trees. They had not been down here in over a year, and it feels like life is normalizing a bit now. I had rushed out this morning to buy pizzas to heat up, and ice cream for our grandson. He picked chocolate with strawberries and his mother dutch chocolate. Then I sent them home with a quiche I'd made and chocolate bars from Hawaii with passionfruit flavoring. I settled down to read, then remembered I'd been supposed to pick up a book I'd ordered: Mary Oliver's American Primitive, which my younger son recommended. So out I went, in my mask, and even stopped a minute to pick up shampoo and conditioner in a little shop I've been afraid to go in until now. I felt brave and silly at the same time. I have quite long hair now, and it requires major care, but then, what have I got to do anyhow? All in all, a really pleasant day.