Week of April 16

angst: noun; fear, trepidation;
Another winter blast but - it's spring!

concentration: noun; the amount contained in an area or volume; also mindfulness;
Drink a glass of fresh water on World Water Day

foothills: noun; the bottom portion of a mountain that gradually decreases in elevation;
Southern California faces threat of flooding, mudslides

precipice: noun; a point from which someone can fall, a cliff; in figurative terms, a turning point to danger, anguish;
April 8, 1935: Works Progress Administration authorized

April 20

2010: An oil rig, called the Deepwater Horizon, exploded and sank, releasing oil into the Gulf of Mexico that flowed unabated until September. Eleven people died in the explosion. It is called the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill because British Petroleum (BP) was leasing the oil rig.

1850: Library of Congress: American sculptor Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, New Hampshire and raised in Cambridge and Concord, Massachusetts. Author and fellow Concord resident Louisa May Alcott encouraged French to pursue a career as an artist. Louisa's artist sister, May Alcott, was his early teacher. He sculpted the statue - The Minute Man, completed in 1875. It is located in the Minute Man National Historical Park. French also sculpted the statue of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial.