Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

This is the second day of wind, and wind makes us very nervous here. There are lots of branches down and not as many people walking. I was talking to someone on the east coast recently and she was surprised that I have emergency supplies in my front hall closet and in my garage. I told I'd had them for decades and they have to be replenished as they expire. The double threat of earthquakes and fires hangs over us. Today is sunny, but the covid news for us older folks is not good, as we turn out to be more vulnerable than tiny children or any other group, even vaccinated vs unvaccinated. Our immune systems just aren't up to snuff. And my daughter is having problems with rude parents in her school. The head of the school says they've never had these issues before, but even here, which is supposed to be liberal, rudeness and bad behavior and belligerence is rearing it's ugly head. As I walked back from a foray into a bookstore, cars were honking both ways, and my city is not a honking city, but all politeness and patience has evaporated, and as I cross in the the crosswalk drivers are turning in front of me and almost running me down. Drivers are nutsy. Strange days.