Irreconcilable Differences?

It’s a rainy Saturday here in Upstate NY, a good day to catch up on things, including this blog. Life has been busy and I haven’t had much time to even thinking about blogging. Today’s blog is regarding a topic that has been heavy on my mind lately: conflicting emotions and nudist locations. Being a [...]

Random Thoughts on Life

I realized today that it’s been quite a while since I posted on this blog so I should probably throw some updates out at you and maybe get some discussion going again. There is no connection between my topics today, it’s just the hodge-podge that’s going on in my head and an update on what [...]

Naked Kindness isn’t Obscure, but a $2 Bill Is!

You gotta eat, right?  That’s what I’ve always thought and I run with the thought.  Somehow, this desire to eat doesn’t go away when at a nudist venue.  Many of my favorite venues have a restaurant or food area to fulfill this need and at my home campground they even let me run the hot [...]

Finding the Perfect Swimsuit: A Comparison Analysis

It’s getting warm out, which means that it’s the time of year in which we women need to invest our time and energy into finding the perfect swimsuit for the season. I’ve noticed that my sister and I go about this slightly differently: My Sister: 1) Spend at least two months dieting so that there [...]

My First YNA Event: It’s All About the Love

Nudism is hailed as a way of living in which people’s diversity is accepted and appreciated. We all hear the nudist mantra about body acceptance and within the nudist community this acceptance is definitely seen. Within my own home club, I’ve seen people of all sizes, people with amputations/ mastectomies, people with colostomy bags, people [...]

We are Family, We are One

For tens years I taught students in Philadelphia and for half of those teaching years worked in small, private schools. Within one school we often sang a song that ended with the phrase, “We are family, we are one.” While this phrase was meant to describe a faith community, I find that it’s also quite [...]

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Hoodie: No Problem!

There are many things in this world that our parents teach us not to talk about if we don’t want to get in trouble with others: religion, politics, and controversial race issues are among those things. So I guess I need to apologize to my parents in that I’m going to talk about a controversial [...]

Welcome SPRINGTIME!

Those of you who are in the Northeast have noticed that we’re having a little premature spring here.  Though prematurity isn’t good for babies, it certainly is for nudists!  I loved working outside today- naturally, of course- in the 80 degree weather.  And spring doesn’t even begin until tomorrow! Spring is my season of hope.  [...]

AANR Parks are going to the Dogs

Finally, finally, I have a big date coming up.  It’s on Thursday and I can hardly wait for it.  Thursday’s weather is expected to be in the 70’s here and I’m purposely keeping some hours free on my schedule on that day for my big date.  Ahhhh… so excited, even if it’s just a date [...]

Ohio School Shootings: My Response

Last night I was saddened yet again to see that there was another school shooting, this time in Ohio.  Reports last night indicated that one person had died as a result.  News reports this morning state that two people died.  This is very, very sad to me.  Though I have no children of my own, [...]