Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I got a haircut at 8:30 this morning, along with a big dose of opinion about masks and vaccinations and passion quite intense for early in the morning. Later I called my son-in-law's mother, whom I have developed an great fondness for. We talk books and our granddaughter and other topics without ever running out of steam. She is ten years older than I, but funny and smart and deeply insightful. I know we are two of the people who love our granddaughter best, and her son is doing an amazing job of raising her. One of our topics today is Louise Penny, and her new book coming out the 24th. Evidently, she has cowritten a novel with Hilary Clinton as well, which is in bookstores in September. I told her I'd read the two mysteries James Patterson wrote with Bill Clinton, and though not great, they are action packed and have some insights about the presidency. The second one really made me think about being the son or daughter of a President, and how your life is forever changed. In reading "The President's Daughter" I thought a lot about Chelsea Clinton and then the Bush and Obama daughters. These kids didn't ask to be thrown into a fish bowl, and the scrutiny never ends. Yet mostly they have aquitted themselves well. It must be a strange life, and finding your own path must be extremely difficult.