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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
afloat
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
all
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From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
Bay
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
begin
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From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
brain
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
came
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
cause
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From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
Charley
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From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
city
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
cottage
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
craftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
credit
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From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
custom
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
dusty
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
elected
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
existence
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
facetiously
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From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
ferry-steamer
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From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
fifth
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From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
fourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
Francisco
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
Furuseth's
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From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
hot
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
incessantly
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
January
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
kept
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
loafed
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
making
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From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
Martinez
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From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
Mill
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
Monday
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
months
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
Mount
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
new
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From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
Nietzsche
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
occupied
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
out
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
particular
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
place
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From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
read
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
run
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
safe
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From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
San
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
Saturday
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
Sausalito
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From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
scarcelyadverbUS /ˈskersli/
only a very short time before
From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
Schopenhauer
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
see
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
sometimes
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From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
stop
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
summer
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
sweat
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
Tamalpais
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
toil
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From this reading When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.
trip
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From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
up
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From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
Valley
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the _Martinez_ was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.
winter
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From this reading He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
