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For the first time since we started "The Good Stuff" feature in March, I am effectively out of reader submissions. I have one more planned for Tuesday and that's it unless additional ones slip in through the transom today.

A lot of people put newspapers on the porch and roll trash cans back to the house for their neighbors. A lot of people are honest enough to turn in purses left in shopping carts. And a lot more people than I thought stop to help stranded motorists.

But while the topics have seemed less than heroic at times, it is arguably the most popular feature that we have started in a while. Many people have written or called to tell me how much they like it. (I can safely say that doesn't happen that often.) It seems to give them a lift to their day, particularly when so much of the news is bad.

The feature hasn't reached the end of the road. I'm chalking up the lull to the August doldrums. Still, if you have a random act of kindness that you've witnessed or experienced, send it in.