Early, and along the harbor

One Saturday morning, up early and without stress, I go running along the harbor while the family paints. It is twenty five ºC and humid, the kind of cloudy breezy morning that makes running feel ok. I walk out of Tai Hang down the Fire Dragon path with a bounce, headphones in and happy. This is the kind of life I dreamed of, moving here, if not the specifics of distance running. The new pedestrian pathway that winds under the highway along the north east coast of Hong Kong Island is the type of structure people deserve, allowing for running, cycling, and small play, with space to walk, spaces to sit and fish, to sit and watch, and to simply be outdoors along, over, and around the water. It’s beautiful, especially when the clouds keep out the sun. Especially when it’s not 34ºC. In this slowly changing weather, in the briefest of flickers of Hong Kong’s fall, where pants feel possible if not recommended, and where we are glad to sit out of doors with dumplings in the evening, we are…

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