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For those of you who are not fashion-savvy, a skort is a cute word for a cute skirt that also has cute shorts underneath. Golfers, in particular, wear skorts. Or tennis players.

It is construction season. The building we live in is 40 years old, and it was recently discovered that water was finding its way behind the brick. This requires some very loud repairs that are not expected to be finished until fall.

On September 25, 2000, two years after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, 19-year-old Kevin Hines in a state of chaos and despair, attempted to commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. He fell more than 220 feet to the freezing dark waters of the Pacific Ocean, slamming into it at 75 miles per hour. The fall took only 4 seconds, and no one was more surprised that he had survived than Kevin himself. You see, the bridge was completed in 1937 and since that time nearly 2,000 people are known to have jumped to their deaths. What makes Kevin unique? He is the only known survivor.

Even in my kindest recollection, Nancy Messick was a strange girl. She could have played linebacker for the Chicago Bears which pretty well nixed her success in beauty pageants and sorority teas.

What President Joe Biden revealed in the humiliating debate against his challenger, Donald Trump, was a halting performance. Whatever his cognitive condition, it was cringe-worthy. To call it the effects of a cold or to whisk it away as just a bad night is an insult to those who witnessed the worst-ever showing of Biden.

When the Lottie Moon Offering was taken each year at our church, my father stood behind the back pew in the sanctuary, which accommodated more than 200 people, as various women’s circles and youth organizations voiced their individual totals in an orderly process.

I’d never been to a U.S. citizenship ceremony before. I’d never even thought about it much. I knew the process took a long time but, beyond that, I knew nothing about it, until I was invited to one. My dear friend, Betty, was coming in from out of town to attend the citizenship ceremony of her son-in-law, Raul. Raul is a quiet and soft-spoken man who works in corporate catering. He has been waiting to become an American citizen for many years and finally, last Thursday, he became one.

After watching the recent presidential debate, in which the CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, a pair who spew a nasty disdain about Donald Trump, were surprisingly objective during the 90-minute encounter between President Joe Biden and his challenger for the Oval Office.