The Eleventh Hour, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Month

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 12 Comments

The Eleventh Hour is a phrase meaning at the last moment, taken from a passage in the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard in the King James Bible, Matthew 20:1-16. In that story the owner of a vineyard goes out and hires workers early in the morning and then two more times a little later in the day and …

Saving Daylight

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“An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.” -Winston Churchill Did you remember to spring forward this morning and make it to church on …

Saluting Veterans Day

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal

  “From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.”  ~John Hoeven    November 11 – Veterans Day   I have …