Putting Out The Digital Welcome Mat

I have seen the writing on the wall for quite some time now. The fascist state that the U.S. has become seems not to be the sort of place world travelers want to spend their money. In spite of this, I am reminding folks both in and out of the U.S. that the hospitality we offer at our Air B'n'B is still the same as it ever was. Our guests are still planning trips to the U.S. because, in part they know we are real people, not corporate welfare recipients who probably side with the corporate state. Even though you may not like our leadership, there is still a vast majority who want nothing to do with the majority of members in Congress or the Administration. those seats have either been purchased outright, stolen from a generation of disenfranchised voters, or been won by cheating, gross redistribution of power through illegal redistricting or any number of hacks on out polling systems. a few nights ago, the major news outlets finally did a report on how unpopular a destination we (the U. S. of A.) have become. The only nation actually increasing tourism to the U.S. is Russia. The rest of the world is unified in just saying, No." to U.S. travel. Early conservative estimates in NYC (New York City) alone are that over 300,000 less visitors will come to their destination and with them not coming, the hundreds of millions of dollars those guests would have spent will stay away as well.

Our guests know we are real people, fighting the good fight to keep our nation free. Ours will come anyway and buy local products. they will revel in the ecology and geology and natural history of the western Great Lakes. Many will help us plant trees. we offer them blessings, abundance along their way and the knowledge that they are helping the next generation of those who practice permaculture and reward community upon community, upon community. Just the dozens of ECO-Tours we have been able to do in the backyard, managed for permaculture, has taught more to our guests, than I have ever seen presented in major media outlets. Person to person, respecting the fact that experiences are always worth far more than things, we teach and reaffirm what we all know, if we take the time to pay attention.

I write about unintended consequences of bad decisions almost as much as I write about solutions to imaginary problems, but my real concern is to share solutions to the very real issues of our day. This one will take a bit of time to figure out. I myself don't want to spend a single penny supporting the cut-throat commercial sector or the government which has been installed by the oligarchy. The warmongers have found a way to dupe the majority of ignorant people in our nation and just fix the numbers enough, in the right places to get their boy elected, now we are having to deal with our social safety nets, our ecological regulations and what is left of our educational system destroyed. We also seem to be required to deal with these things on our own. Apart from revolution, some feel there is no hope. As I recall, hope was the last thing that escaped into the world from Pandora's box! I'm not even sure if it is to be held out as a viable option in the world today. everything else in the box has brought woe and strife. If the founders of our nation were alive today, they would definitely see that we are experiencing taxation without representation, just as they were, however, there are just enough people left in the middle class, ruled by their own debt and cushy lifestyles to prevent that.

The only kind of revolution that can come from the poor is one of conscience.

Instead of a war machine crushing the rest of our economy, what we need is for the majority to continue to eke out enough of a living that we can continue to share our hospitality with one another and the few people of the world that are willing to come visit. Part of the code of every major world religion is to be graciously hospitable to our neighbors. That brings me to my primary message, that is, every good thing that Air B'n'B represents for the traveler. First and foremost, when you stay at an Air B'n'B, the majority of your stay will be in a relaxed atmosphere, with real-life hosts who respect your wishes and who want you to get the biggest bang from your travel dollar. When we began as hosts, we thought there would be some benefits from the experience, but we never imagined how luck we would be. Getting to hear stories and meet people from around the world has enriched our lives in ways that money never could.

These links will take you to descriptions and reviews of our rental units.
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4015085?guests=1&adults=1&children=0&infants=0&s=Qddoz9w1
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/11567882?guests=1&adults=1&children=0&infants=0&s=Qddoz9w1

We also have options that include more or less involvement with your stay. As hosts, we want to make your time in Green Bay as wonderful as possible, so if you have special needs in your diet, we could shop for you and stock the fridge, or if you are interested in hiking, biking or other outdoor activities, we can guide or assist you in finding waterfall hikes, fishing opportunities, canoe trips or other diversions during your stay. If you want to come for a poetry retreat, a class in gardening or to learn how to make and use biochar, this is the place to stay! We have managed the yards at our rental and home right across the street, for permaculture and most seasons of the year we could give tours of our landscape/food forest. We have some snowshoes for those who might like to try their hand at that, canoes, recumbent and regular bikes, great trails right across the street, basketball and tennis courts nearby, etc. We also offer folks the privacy of being right across the street at our home, so we can be as hands off, or as involved as our guests wish. One of our next major purchases will be a cover for our tipi, which weathered away after being up for a decade (we got it when it was twenty years old to begin with) Yes, my first tipi was a used one! (it was all I could afford)

Humbly we offer what we can to make our guests as comfortable as possible.