Private Retreat
With long or short term options.
Inquiry based, not belief based living
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Adult community opportunities for singles or couples:
Private housing at Alysion Acres between Benson and Tombstone, 5 miles south of St. David: 10x50 mobile, RV space 1 for your RV, fenced RV space 2 for your RV, 8x35 RV, 8x32 RV, tent camping.
Private housing in Pomerene: for handyman to complete remodel of 12x40 mobile, exchange labor for initial rent.
Shared housing at Alysion Acres: one apartment and three mini apartments.
Shared home at Alysion Annex in St. David
Possible alternative construction: Thoreau cabin, pod dwelling, Native American pit house, underground Hobbit house, yurt, etc. exchange labor for rent.
Long-term applicants must have an outside source of income. There may occasionally be the possibility of work exchange for partial rent.
All rental units require a 4-hour per person per week “putter” time commitment to assist with the maintenance of the property. This also providess for access to water, garbage and septic services, wildlife area, as well as the use of recreational facilities, laundry facilities, library, solarium, garden, fire pit, courtyard, wifi internet, and future developments.
Will you fit in? Read our mission statement, and read the one rule.
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Alysion Acres Site Map
- •Home Page
- •Mission Statement
- •Who are we? Personal profiles
- •Where are we in SE Arizona?
- •Units Available: Vacancy?
- Description of Unit 1
- Description of Unit 2
- Description of Unit 3
- Description of Unit 4
- Description of Unit 5
- Description of Small Mobile Home
- Description of RV Space 1
- Description of RV Space 2
- •Utilities
- •Community Areas
- •Compatibility Issues: Will you fit in?
- •On Human Needs: What do you need?
- •Alysion Acres: Experimental Farm
- •How much space does a person need?
- •Nearby Hiking Excursions
- •Alternative Dwellings: POD Houses
- •Alternative Dwellings: Thoreau Cabin
- •A History of the St. David Area
- •Alysion Acres FAQ
- •Alysion Annex
- •History of Alysion Acres
- •Geological Map of Area
- •Wildlife Habitat Restoration Project
- •Donate or Volunteer
Alysion Acres Projects
External Links
- Fellowship for Intentional Community
- Center For Inquiry
Promoting Community Living and Cooperative Lifestyles Across North America.
Your portal for skeptical and free inquiry.
Top 10 Poems from Alysion's
Bucket List of Poems
to Read Before You Die
- 1. The Rainy Day by Henry W. Longfellow
- 2. Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
- 3. A Dream within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
- 4. The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess
- 5. If by Rudyard Kipling
- 6. To See a World by William Blake
- 7. Ten Little Limericks
- 8. First Fig by Edna St. Vincent Millay
- 9. Alone by Edgar Allan Poe
- 10. I'm nobody! Who are you? Emily Dickinson
Other sites by Alysion
- World's Funniest Jokes
- For wisdom: follow The Path of the Dog
- Survival Retreat? Maybe now is the time
- World's Funniest Jokes
- For wisdom: follow The Path of the Dog
- Beginnings: First Lines from Scriptures
- Infidel Guides to Islam, Theism, Atheism, and...
- World Religion Simplified
- The Diamond Sutra: Condensed version
- The Platform Sutra of Huineng: Condensed
- The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
- The Zen Teachings of Huang Po on the One Mind
- Zen and the Art of Mindful Bus Riding
- Private Retreat: Alysion Acres
- Two Zen Stories
- 14 Mindfulness Trainings of Thich Nhat Hanh
- 14 Thoughtfulness Trainings
- Westfulness and Eastfulness
- Mindfulness Meditation Bell, Gong, Timer
- Buyer's Guide to Food Preparedness Products
- Poems to Memorize & Memorable Poems
- Mom's Favorite Poems
- Ryan's Favorite Poems
- WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures
- Take the Super Post-Mensa IQ Test
- Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems
- Handywrite
- Making the Tree of Life: Fun with phylogenetics
- Human Chow: The Website
- Small Animal Euthanasia at Home
- Fun with Dimensional Analysis
- Medication Math for the Nursing Student
- Walled-in: A poem
- Making Boxes for your Rock & Mineral Collection
- Making a Mass Balance Scale
- Ryan's 50 States Flashcards
- Adventures of MeraLee
- World Religions Simplified
- eBike Touring Association
- The True Right to Life Movement
- Cochise Stronghold Trail