Friday, March 1, 1985

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.

Lord, open the King of England’s eyes.
William TyndaleJohn Foxe, Actes and Monuments · the account of Tyndale’s death · 1536

In 1986 this day opens on Theodore Parker.

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

February 29 · Quotationary