Interesting visit

Hello, We went to an escape room. This was a combined effort with eight people over 70 years of age and only one of us had ever been in an escape room. We were instructed to not damage the room. It was not hard for us to follow that rule. We seemed to make little progress at first, but figured out a few things as we struggled, laughed, and sighed. It was interesting because some of us have brains that work with certain types of puzzles that some of the rest of us did not understand at all. The woman who was a great helper managed to give us a multitude of hints and tips. Escaping took us almost the entire hour. One group managed this feat in under half an hour. Surely, they did not have as much fun as we did.

Perhaps the most interesting thing we did was to see the bible that had been commissioned by St. John’s University. The bible is entirely hand done with calligraphy and illuminations. It was not quite what I had expected as it pulled in symbolism, inclusiveness, text, and modern times in the illuminations. The half hour lecture before viewing was informative to say the least. One man was a serious force behind the work, but several artists joined him to create the whole. The book is not yet bound and may not be. At the moment, only a limited number of pages are on display so the rest can be put in darkness and a controlled environment.

What a lot of learning! And to think it was in the snowy, frozen land. There are treasures everywhere. Paula