Tuesday, February 29, 2000

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 seems to me equal to the gods, that man who sits facing you and listens close to your sweet speaking.
SapphoFragment 31 · c. 600 BCE

In 2001 this day opens on Abraham Lincoln.

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

February 29 · Quotationary