Monday, March 1, 1982

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.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
Leonardo da VinciNotebooks · c. 1500

In 1983 this day opens on William Faulkner.

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

February 29 · Quotationary