Tuesday, March 11

Oil is now leaking into the North Sea after a Portuguese container ship hit a United States-flagged oil tanker in a major collision yesterday, and both ships suffered serious damage and were set ablaze after the incident.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): The average American uses around three rolls of toilet paper per week-- an excessive amount that is destroying Earth's forests.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): I believe that life is a process of continuous change and a constant struggle to make that change one for the better. (Lee Kuan Yew)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Wend (verb, WEND) - Wend is a literary word that means “to move slowly from one place to another usually by a winding or indirect course”; wending is traveling or proceeding on one’s way in such a manner.

In a Sentence: Hikers wend along the marked trails to the top of the mountain, which provides a panoramic view of the area towns.