Today's observation comes of being, myself, d'un certain age. The neck: it's hard not to notice your neck; it is, after all, in such very close proximity to your head. All too obvious, then, to register the fact that your neck acquires, over the years, an increasingly stringy and even bark-like appearance. This in turn can lead to a greater dependence on scarves and turtlenecks for those of sensitive temperament. I'd like to take this mild comparison between neck and tree a little further. The human and the arboreal both have heart and sap, after all, and it feels appropriate that the outer most layer is a good indication of age. Similarly, a core sample can provide evidence about what sort of conditions you've survived over the years- those major events in life will have had a real impact on flesh and bone. At this point in time, I'm even wondering if I'd be prepared to go in for a little tree surgery. (Perhaps not such a great analogy after all.)
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