by Jennifer Hallmark | May 18, 2020 | Author news, Small Acts of Kindness
By Gail Kittleson On a cool, rainy April evening, excitement filled the air in our little northern Iowa town. Bill Carlson, a member of our country church and an elementary school principal, decided to brighten the corner where he was. One token he received from a...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 6, 2017 | Author news, Small Acts of Kindness
Sometimes you need to be kind to yourself… By Gail Kittleson Spending the worst of the winter months in the Arizona mountains comes as a huge gift. We do this because of my sinus cavities. Yes, something good has come from those complicated caverns that have...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jun 6, 2016 | Author news, Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
By Gail Kittleson The clerk whizzed my purchases through her checkout station. This was a store accepting only checks and cash, so I’d brought my checkbook along, and sure enough, fell seven dollars short on cash. Then she said they no longer take checks, so I started...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Nov 23, 2015 | Author news, Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
By Gail Kittleson This fall, we re-started a small writing class in my dining room. We’ve met for several years and bonded through focusing on the memoir. Divulging our experiences in the written word takes a certain kind of courage, but these women have stuck with...