Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I'm reading two books at once: Hood Feminism and Mantel Pieces. Since both are collections of essays, I'm free to dabble back and forth in each. Hilary Mantel is a pretty amazing writer, to whom I was introduced by my older daughter. She got me reading Wolf Hall, and subsequently the other two parts of that trilogy, but what I adore is her autobiography, Giving Up the Ghost. The writing is like nothing else I've ever read, and she gets inside her own child mind in a way that is so truthful and empathetic that readers can resee our own past. The essays are great too, including one on the royal family that is straight to the point. Hood Feminism is good medicine for white women who are not conscious of their own priviledge, and makes me grateful I'm involved with Moms Rising, which targets effectively the basic needs of most women: jobs, wage equity, childcare, health care domestic violence and racism. Moms Rising gets me fighting for those women who need to be visible and supported. A good use for those of us retired with time on our hands. We listen, then do what THEY say needs doing.