Saturday, March 1, 2070

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 will seize fate by the throat. It shall not wholly overcome me.
Ludwig van BeethovenLetter to Franz Wegeler · 1801

In 2071 this day opens on Thucydides.

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

February 29 · Quotationary