Dear All
First of all, I want to thank you all for having me (putting up with me, in some cases!) over the last goodness knows how long. I've really enjoyed your company, your jokes, your warmth and not least your patient explanations on all matters archaeological or anthropological when I couldn't seem to separate my HEs from my HSs and my HNs. I'm very grateful to Michelle for providing this facility and, of course, I want to thank you all for the boats!
However, circumstances around my own subject, mythology, have developed in such a way that I'm no longer able to post about it. I have unhappily found myself in the situation where the material I've been posting is being misunderstood, misconstrued and just generally bent out of all recognition - and then forged into a cudgel with which to bully others. And although I'm not actually the one doing the bullying, I have to carry the can for some of it, for being naive enough not to realise that this might happen.
So it's time for me for go now. I wish you all the very very best and I go carrying fond memories of you all. If any of you do want to stay in touch with me in a private way - either to carry on discussions of a mythological nature, or just to say hello from time to time - please PM me here, and I'll send you my email address.
Take care,
With love to all
from Ish xx
Leaving Archaeologica today
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Leaving Archaeologica today
Ishtar of Ishtar's Gate and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Reconsideration
Ishtar -
One of my core values is absolute respect for
The decisions which a person carefully makes
For himself/herself,
Within the context of their life.
That being said, I would ask you
To deeply reconsider, taking into account that
This is a vibrant board with
A damn near infinite amount of good ground left to run on.
hoka hey
john
ps.
and don't forget archaeology, accessorized!
One of my core values is absolute respect for
The decisions which a person carefully makes
For himself/herself,
Within the context of their life.
That being said, I would ask you
To deeply reconsider, taking into account that
This is a vibrant board with
A damn near infinite amount of good ground left to run on.
hoka hey
john
ps.
and don't forget archaeology, accessorized!
"Man is a marvellous curiosity. When he is at his very, very best he is sort of a low-grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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Re: Reconsideration
John, eloquently put as usual.....john wrote:Ishtar -
One of my core values is absolute respect for
The decisions which a person carefully makes
For himself/herself,
Within the context of their life.
That being said, I would ask you
To deeply reconsider, taking into account that
This is a vibrant board with
A damn near infinite amount of good ground left to run on.
hoka hey
john
ps.
and don't forget archaeology, accessorized!
We've Got Fossils - We win ~ Lewis Black
Red meat, cheese, tobacco, and liquor...it works for me ~ Anthony Bourdain
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
Red meat, cheese, tobacco, and liquor...it works for me ~ Anthony Bourdain
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
Thank you all for your kind comments, PMs and emails and Dig - that is the sweetest backhand compliment I've ever received! 
But for the reasons I explained in the first post, I have made up my mind that it is time for me to be moving on.
I am full of gratitude to you all, for all the good times, of which there have been too many to count.
And if you'd like to stay in touch, please PM me for my email address.
Goodbye to all,
Sending Love, Light and Beauty
From Ish xxx
But for the reasons I explained in the first post, I have made up my mind that it is time for me to be moving on.
I am full of gratitude to you all, for all the good times, of which there have been too many to count.
And if you'd like to stay in touch, please PM me for my email address.
Goodbye to all,
Sending Love, Light and Beauty
From Ish xxx
Ishtar of Ishtar's Gate and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Drag me in here....then take off and leave me hanging!
Walk your path in peace.
PM headed your way.
Walk your path in peace.
PM headed your way.
"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
The only restraints that we have on our mind are the ones that we impose on ourself. We are limited by our own thinking.
The only restraints that we have on our mind are the ones that we impose on ourself. We are limited by our own thinking.
Well... I'm not one to speak seeing as I haven't been around for a few months but... at first I wasn't sure what to make of Ish, then I thought she was full of shit, but finally I realised she's one seriously smart cookie who knows a fuck of a lot about a subject that is very, very difficult to communicate - and it says a lot that she's nevertheless managed to instill a sceptic like myself with some appreciation for her ideas.
Here's to you, Ish (raises glass) I wish you the greatest success in your continuing studies. Email soon when I've sorted my life out...
Lawrence
Here's to you, Ish (raises glass) I wish you the greatest success in your continuing studies. Email soon when I've sorted my life out...
Lawrence
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