Cam, sounds like you’re going need a good umbrella

BooksPlease, well, I will see you in limbo. We’ll talk books I’ve not read the Divine Comedy either. I keep meaning too. I ope it doesn’t ruin my chances of making it into limbo.

Litlove, sorry. Maybe a vacation across the pond is in order? San Francisco is a beautiful city.

Andi, so you have a secret bad girl within?

Dorothy, I’m surprised I didn’t make heretic. Maybe we can get visitors passes for occasional get togethers.

Bookman, is that why we can’t stop buying books?

JD, ooh, there would be worse places then spending time with Helen and Cleopatra.

TJ, we’ll start a book group in limbo. Great that you got to see the exhibit. I was surprised at how small most of her paintings are. Photos in books make them see so large. Or maybe I thought they would have to be large to contain all that they do.

Charon ushers you across the river Acheron, and you find yourself upon the brink of grief’s abysmal valley. You are in Limbo, a place of sorrow without torment. You encounter a seven-walled castle, and within those walls you find rolling fresh meadows illuminated by the light of reason, whereabout many shades dwell. These are the virtuous pagans, the great philosophers and authors, unbaptised children, and others unfit to enter the kingdom of heaven. You share company with Caesar, Homer, Virgil, Socrates, and Aristotle. There is no punishment here, and the atmosphere is peaceful, yet sad.

By the way, I saw the Frida Kahlo exhibit at Christmas time when I visited friends in Minneapolis. You are right. Very emotional. Quite astounding. A must see if it comes anywhere near.

Thanks for a fun post! TJ