On Appearance and Progress.

In reference to my excessive weight loss recently I described myself on the blog as ‘a stick man with a belly.’ Well, I was just dropping a note to a splendid and much valued Irish colleen earlier when I remembered the guy from Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, and now I think ‘stick insect’ probably describes my appearance more completely (and more succinctly.)

But I’ve started eating more. Tonight I had two vegetarian sausages with a few potatoes, carrots and gravy; and you’ve no idea what progress that represents in the case of a person in my condition. That’s because you’ve probably never been here. It’s not very nice.