Why Would an Archaeologist Want to Live in a Mill House?


It started years ago, when I was part of an excavation team that had come to the legendary island of Ithaka 

in search of the palace of Odysseus
 

We didn't find the palace 

but I found my home 

Every time I come into the harbor of Ithaka, I see it


standing all alone...


waiting for me to inhabit it

An old windmill, renovated into a house...my mill house.

This is my dream, some day.

Perhaps you've heard the song about the lighthouse keeper?

I dream of living in a lighthouse, baby 
Every single day 
I dream of living in a lighthouse 
The white one by the bay 
So if you want to make my dreams come true 
You'll be a lighthouse keeper too 
We could live in a lighthouse 
The white one by the bay. 
I'll polish his lamps by the light of day 
So the ships at night can find their way 
I wanna marry a lighthouse keeper 
Won't that be okay? 
We'll take walks along the moonlit bay 
Maybe find a treasure, too 
I'd love living in a lighthouse 
How 'bout you? 
I dream of living in a lighthouse, baby, 
Every single day 
I dream of living in a lighthouse 
The white one by the bay 
So if you want to make my dreams come true 
You'll be a lighthouse keeper, too 
We could live in a lighthouse 
The white one by the bay 
Won't that be okay?
                                Erika Eigen

Well my idea of a perfect place to stay is inside a refurbished windmill on a lone slope above the world's most beautiful harbor.

Some day, I tell myself.

Someday...

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