Friday, February 29, 1980

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.

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.
Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of Woman · 1792

In 1981 this day opens on Jalal al-Din Rumi.

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

February 29 · Quotationary