Sweeney Ridge, a 1,200-acre (5 km2) national park in Pacifica, California, is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Historically, the ridge was the location of the San Francisco Bay Discovery Site, as part of the Portolá Expedition on November 4, 1769.
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Be seated, my Sweeney, my invisible fan.
Surely the words will continue, for that’s
what’s left that’s true.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The light passes
from ridge to ridge,
from flower to flower.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)