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Strawberries are my favourite food.
When they’re in season, I eat them every single day by themselves, mixed in with almond milk and a little honey or sugar as a fairly healthy dessert, as a topping for pancakes, cereal, or ice cream, in a mixed fruit salad, or occasionally as strawberry shortcake.
When they’re not in season, I buy frozen strawberries for smoothies and might buy strawberry jam to put on my toast, too.
I like the occasional bit of tartness you find in strawberries. I prefer completely sweet berries, of course, but it is fun to be surprised by other flavours.
They complement so many different types of snacks and meals. I can’t get enough of them.
I love being pleasantly surprised by what I read. Here are my three answers from three different genres: literary fiction, memoir, and middle grade. I read them all last year.
Lunch is my biggest meal of the day. It’s common for me to eat dishes like pasta, rice and beans with various seasonings and vegetables added in, stir-fry of various sorts, tacos, fajitas, or chilli. I batch cook a couple of days a week, so these are often leftovers from previous meals. During heat waves, I switch to cold options like sandwiches, hummus and pita, large salads that include a source of protein, etc.
When someone needs help, I’m the sort of person who will leap to the occasion. That’s a positive character trait in many situations, but sometimes it can be taken too far if you don’t also look after your own needs or if the person who wants help doesn’t respect boundaries.
I was an average math student in school, but I didn’t find it particularly interesting or relevant to my life most of the time. It seemed like something that a few students were naturally good at while the rest of us slogged through it.
I’d heard so many good things about ”Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, so I finally started watching it this winter.
I believe New Year’s Resolutions, as well as goal setting activities in general, are a fabulous starting point.
Out of my 
The original topic for this week was “your favourite crafty thing to do.”
It was while typing up this blog post that I realized how many of the books I’ve read recently were about only children. I wonder if more authors are writing about only children these days or if I’ve just happened to hit a streak of stories on that topic?
My morning ritual is a stable one.
A shower is generally necessary after my workout, so that happens along with brushing my teeth, changing clothes, etc.