As inspired by Zachary and James, my Proust questionnaire...
Your favourite virtue Kindness.
Your favourite qualities in a person A sense of humour, imagination, generosity, self awareness.
Your favourite occupation Anything I can get really lost in. Reading, gardening, writing.
Your chief characteristic Reservedness probably. I'm also deeply stubborn.
Your idea of happiness Sitting around the table with the family.
Your idea of misery Hopelessness.
Your favourite colour and flower Green. A mid, forest-like green. I enjoy anything that heralds spring: crocuses, daffodils, tulips. Also wildflowers like forget-me-nots, foxgloves, lily-of-the-valley, bluebells.
If not yourself, who would you be A cat? They seem like they have a chill time.
Where would you like to live I like where I live. I'd like it to have better weather though.
Your favourite prose authors Not Proust, unfortunately. I've not yet had the pleasure. Ursula le Guin. Jane Austen. Jules Verne. Sylvia Townsend Warner. Lots more.
Your favourite poets Sappho. Ovid, Horace, Catallus. Chaucer. John Keats. Audre Lorde. Kate Bush.
Your favourite heroes in real life Lots. Lots of people I know. Public figures-wise feels dangerous. Best not to have heroes. Let's say, for funsies, Lady Hester Stanhope.
Your favourite heroes in fiction Do we have to be very specific about them being heroic? Not just characters? Most of my favourite characters are pretty bad. Becky Sharp. Maud Lilley. Glinda Arduenna.
Your favourite food and drink Samosa chaat. All day every day. To drink I used to be a fiend for Coca-Cola but I'm now on the Pepsi Max.
Your favourite names The names of my niblings. They've all got super cute names. What a coincidence! Though none of them are called Branwell, which I think is a great name even through Branwell Brontë was a bit of a bad guy.
Your pet aversion I've got a touch of trypophobia.
What characters in history do you most dislike All the usual, I expect. Here in the UK there's a growing pushback against the veneration of Churchill, which I couldn't be happier about.
What is your present state of mind Content.
For what fault have you the most toleration Spelling, punctuation, and grammar. I don't care how you spell things. I don't care about grocer's apostrophes. As long as I know what you are getting at.
Your favourite motto If something is worth doing it's worth doing badly.