Role Play

As I lace up my shoes for a 5th consecutive run, it dawns on me that this is as close as I have come to any routine over the past 4 months. The predictability of knowing my route along the Wellington harbour affords me the comfort of slipping into a wondering stance as I observe my surroundings and its inhabitants going about their daily life and without realizing I find myself humming an old Dave Matthews jam. … Don't you ever wonder Maybe if things had been slightly different You could be somebody else? Don't you wonder maybe If you took a left turn Instead of taking a right You could be somebody different? - Dave Matthews - Dancing Nancies And while I’m not looking to change my life or its perfectly imperfect circumstances, it is curiously intriguing to dream. The wondrously windy Wellington (fact: the windiest city in the world), along with our other stops on the North Island (Rotorua and Auckland), have afforded us ample opportunity to observe, to wonder, to role play and ...