Saturday, August 20, 1842

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 20. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

Listen to the reed, how it tells a tale, complaining of separations.
Jalal al-Din RumiMasnavi · the opening · begun c. 1262

In 1843 this day opens on Leonardo da Vinci.

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

August 20 · Quotationary