I'm in this for the ice cream.

So. Today on Lake of the Isles, a mother and young daughter are standing in the hot sun with a few cases of bottled water in a little red wagon and handing bottles out to strangers. For free.

Now there's a lovely way to spend a summer's day with your kid. Wow. I feel good about this corner of the world.

Last time I got hit with a random act of kindness, I was waiting for hours in an airport in Kalamazoo (I know, right?) and the flight attendant who had been there all the time got on the plane and gave me three free vouchers for meals/miles/merchandise. Just because. He told me to do something within my power to help someone else sometime. I got paid forward.

I try to do little kind things all the time. I'm still waiting for something big to do one day.

Now I have to go pick up my friend from England (an ex-flatmate) from the airport! She's an "America virgin". I'm so jazzed.