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 3-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
Sites by Alysion
Popular Sites:
- Fun with Dimensional Analysis
- Medication Math for the Nursing Student
- WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures
- Poems to Memorize & Memorable Poems
- Alternative Handwriting & Shorthand Systems
- Handywrite
- Small Animal Euthanasia
- Ryan's Favorite Kid Poems
- World's Funniest Jokes
Mindfulness Sites:
- For wisdom follow: The Path of the Dog
- Are You a Doggiesattva?
- The Five Precepts of Buddhism
- The Diamond Sutra: Condensed version
- The Platform Sutra of Huineng: Condensed
- The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
- Ch'an Teachings of Huang Po on One Mind
- Zen and the Art of Mindful Bus Riding
- Beginnings: First Lines from Scriptures
- Two Zen Stories
- 14 Mindfulness Trainings of Thich Nhat Hanh
- 14 Thoughtfulness Trainings
- Westfulness and Eastfulness
- World Religion Simplified
- Mindfulness Meditation Bell, Gong, Timer
Thrival Sites:
- Buyer's Guide to Food Preparedness Products
- Survival Retreat? Maybe now is the time
- Battling Bermudagrass
- Human Chow: Cheap Food
- Private Retreat: Alysion Acres
Satirical Sites:
- Take the Super Post-Mensa IQ Test
- Infidel Guides: Islam, Theism, Atheism, ...
- World Religions Simplified
- The True Right to Life Movement
Literature/Poetry Sites:
- Mom's Favorite Poems
- Lorien: A Poem
- Ryan's Favorite Kid Poems
- Tucson Literati Discussion Group
- Walled-in: A Poem
- Poems to Memorize & Memorable Poems
Interesting Sites:
- Global Warming 123 (bing-bang-boom)
- Battling Bermuda Grass
- San Pedro Valley Community Cultural Center
- Alysion Acres: An intentional community
- Making Tree of Life: Fun with phylogenetics
- Making Boxes for Rock & Mineral Collection
- Making a Mass Balance Scale
- Ryan's 50 States Flashcards
- Adventures of MeraLee
- eBike Touring Association
- Cochise Stronghold Trail