by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 21, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Lovely weather is approaching as we march through April, so this is the perfect time to talk about spring cleaning. Since I did bring up spring painting a few weeks ago. 🙂 A subject I don’t like to think about. I could shift to fall cleaning and forget this...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 14, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Or April … 🙂
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 8, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Ah, Spring. Lovely days of tripping through fields of flowers, wearing a long, flowy dress with an iced coffee in hand. Maybe in your life, but not mine. (though the iced coffee might be) Think more like pulling early weeds in empty flower beds, wearing a hoodie. Cold...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 1, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Last fall, we started painting the ceiling and walls of our home. We’d finished all except our bedroom and bathroom when Thanksgiving rolled around. At that point, I gave up. The holidays were too hectic, so I decided to begin again in January. But then life....
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 24, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
“A kind word is like a spring day.” —Russian proverb Spring and kindness just seem to go together. The world is awakening from its frozen sleep as life becomes evident in nature. So, what better time is there, in this life-giving season, than to give of ourselves?...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 18, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” —Anne Bradstreet