Life at home is pretty busy, too. Camp closed (or “became clothed for the season,” if you will…) recently and I’m learning that shutting down camp is really a lot of work. I’m not doing most of the work, but what I have done has taken lots of time and love. And, of course, there is grieving for the loss of my friends, pool, hot tub, and nude-friendly weather.

Beyond that, AANR-East has kept me busy. This is an organization that I truly LOVE and which I’m so, so grateful for. As some of you know, I’m on the Board of Directors of this fine organization. What that means to me is that it is my job to work for each and every member in our region. We meet twice per year for meetings but that is the minor part of what we do. I also work on several committees to benefit those in our region. One committee that’s new to me is the Public Relations Committee. I’m still getting my feet wet on that one as I realize what we do and see how I can help. The Website Committee that I serve on is very active, having numerous calls and emails to communicate about upcoming changes to make the site easier to navigate and more user-friendly. The historical committee has also become increasingly active and I’m spending lots of time collecting information from the pioneers of nudism- what fun!

Then there’s the eNewsletter. Back in December or so I found out that we have an eNewsletter and, being a person who loves to write, I asked my dear friend Gloria if I could submit an article. Dumb question- this is a volunteer-run organization and any article I wrote was one less that Gloria was responsible for. Lol As I was writing and loving every minute of expressing my nude view, I joked with her that this was so much fun that I was going to hijack the eNewsletter. Little did I know that as of September of this year I’d be named the new Editor of the eNewsletter. I guess the joke is on me. Still, I love this work and am so thankful to be a part of such an awesome project. Next month, being the third anniversary of the eNewsletter being in print, we are making some major changes to it that I’m really excited about. This will be great but, honestly, it’s a LOT of work. Fun work, but work nonetheless. If any of you are interested in subscribing to see the great work we are doing, pop on to www.aanr-east.com and click on Speaking Naturally Newsletter to sign up!

So, yeah- I’ve been busy. Fun busy, important busy, but definitely busy. This weekend, though, I’m calling a time out because the world around me is simply too beautiful for me to work yet another weekend. Yes, this weekend I shall walk the dog around my beautiful grounds. This weekend I shall sit by the pond and reflect on the changing seasons and how my life has changed for the positive within the past few years. Ahhhh…. Now that’ll be nice!

This past weekend, July 4th Weekend, was excitedly good. For the first time, my campground had children’s activities. I’ve been so excited to do this for so long, and last weekend it finally happened. We had 5.5 children there (one of the children was very little, so was in and out of the games) and the kids enjoyed races, games, and a Slip N Slide. What fun! I’m hoping to hold more children’s activities in the near future because the kids obviously enjoyed themselves and the adults, both parents/ caretakers/ grandparents and those who were just observing, have expressed how much they enjoyed having the kids have activities of their own.

So what are YOU busy with these days, dear reader? And… do you have any ideas for kids activities that you’d like to share? I’m always open to ideas that you’ve seen done at your campground or that you think might work.