Monday, March 1, 1993

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.

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so.
John DonneHoly Sonnets · Sonnet 10 · c. 1610

In 1994 this day opens on Aristotle.

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

February 29 · Quotationary