Green Satori Inn

02/01/2022

Your satori has to begin somewhere! 😁

07/17/2020

It matters not what I think. The $1,000 fines here in NY, are real. This past week, I locked our front door and I posted, "No Mask, No Entry."

Actually, we have been pretty much unaffected this whole year (the county has just 15 total cases, all recovered - no deaths) because we are always over half-full, and we only rent to the weekly and monthly guests anyway. By default.

[The new Tao; go-with-the-flow entrepreneurialism .]

Thankfully, our business model which emphasizes serving the short-term (weekly-monthly) needs of the local workers does not rely on us being forced catering to the overnight, one-night, traveller, tourists anyway.

[However, admittedly, I do feel for my fellow innkeepers on the other end of the county. You have this to deal with this Covid mess, the cancellation of the Nascar, and now, more ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON RTE 14? Really?

Just now, we avoided going to Watkins CVS because of this traffic hassle, traffic diversion on Rte 14, that was even worse a few days ago. Agh!]

So, while I personally think the rigidity of mask law is a tad overhyped, and unduly strict too, as a business owner, I am not allowing someone from the outside to put our livelihood in jeopardy, or at risk.

WHY SHOULD I? Is the rogue anti-masker going to pay the State of NY, my $1,000 fine we would incur for their political statement?

[That is what I thought. We do not need new guests or tenants that bad. No one is above the team, we are building here. Not in our motel. No way.

I pick my battles well. I know what affects me, and what does not. To compare the sheer magnitude, and the degree to which I am slightly inconvenienced on a day-to-day basis for this brief, almost imperceptible mask-wearing inconvenience to Monsanto's Dark Act, would be like comparing a pesky mosquito on my forearm to a faceless corporate entity impeding my right to be healthy and severely limiting my right to access, quality, plant-based whole foods!]

See link below for more detail. KEY EXCERPT:

"Business operators and building owners must deny entry and require or compel removal of any person who fails to comply with face-covering requirements."

Marko Hansen
Green Satori Innkeeper

https://ithacavoice.com/2020/07/business-and-buildings-must-deny-entry-to-the-maskless/?fbclid=IwAR1aEcWIeKpq_JEcZ0B3l9Q83mkAqeoXXff9fXqksHmj36R823PFK0o847U

04/12/2020

Because today marks the 80th anniversary of my all-time favorite movie, "Rebecca," I thought I would try and honor this film by performing my favorite scene from the movie, myself. This 1940 film earned Alfred Hitchcock his lone Best Picture Oscar. Not only is this my favorite film, this favorite scene of mine from the movie, also featured my all-time favorite actor, Laurence Olivier, who earned his second Oscar nomination, after "Wuthering Heights," the previous year for his role as Maxim de Winter. He was in his early 30s at the time, nearly half my age, but the character of Max was really probably somewhere in between our ages, anyway.

Ironically, the first time I saw this movie was 40 years ago today. I remember, because at the time, the free TV screening I saw that it was the 40th Anniversary. I found this movie so entrancing that I took my first ever acting class the following fall at the University of Arizona.

Thanks for watching. If you have never seen this movie, here is a link to watch the entire movie.

I am a 61 year old Innkeeper in upstate NY (the Green Satori Inn) in the Finger Lakes region of NY. Because today marks the 80th anniversary of my all-time f...

03/26/2020

It is quiet here. This pic is from an hour ago, from our front yard. Everything here really feels the same as before. Quiet is quiet. Being off the beaten path is good for the soul. Business as usual in this quiet and comfy corner of the county. We now have fiber-optic, so our wi-fi is even faster than before., so that is nice. We hope you use this isolation time in a productive and fruitful way that somehow parlays into a benefit for you. Maybe read a few book. Create new art. Spend time with family. Give the critters more quality time too, Stay safe everyone. Peace from the Green Satori Inn.

07/04/2019

Happy 4th of July to all! By the way, just two weeks from today, the Trumansburg Grass Roots Festival (link below) begins. 4 days. 75 bands. Just 20 miles from the motel! Sounds like a fun time.

https://www.grassrootsfest.org

06/10/2019

For several months, for a myriad of reasons, there have been rumors, off and on, stating that Woodstock 50 might or might not happen. Well... it is sure looking like "Woodstock 50" is not going to happen. At least not in Watkins Glen.

The statement released Monday afternoon throws further doubt on plans for a 50th anniversary Woodstock concert.