Wednesday, February 29, 1888

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to February 29. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

February 29 stays in the book in common years. The lived calendar skips it. This page does not.

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
W. E. B. Du BoisThe Souls of Black Folk · 1903

In 1889 this day opens on Marcus Aurelius.

Arrow keys turn the day. S keeps the line. Slash focuses search.

February 29 · Quotationary