Thin and of average height.
What you notice first are his glasses, thick as bottle bottoms, forever sliding down his nose—giving him a slightly comical appearance.

More often than not he is nose-deep in his journal, lips moving slightly as he writes, utterly enwrapped in his writing.But once he looks up he is suddenly, warmly present—the kind of person strangers find themselves confiding in within minutes, which is exactly what he wants.

Occasionally, in the right light, does something sharper flicker behind those thick lenses. It passes quickly. But it leaves you wondering, did I say too much?