Thursday, March 1, 1979

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 safety of the people shall be the highest law.
CiceroDe Legibus · Book III · 52 BCE

In 1980 this day opens on Mary Wollstonecraft.

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

February 29 · Quotationary