December 1st – This has always been a special day for me. There is something about this day, especially in the past few years, that has caused it to stand out even more. First, For the past forty plus years, this has traditionally been the day we set up our Christmas tree and set out all the decorations. Traditionally is an important word which does not mean “always.” This year, we set it up two days ago as we will…
Well, it had to happen sooner or later, but why not later is my question. Not only the Canadian prairies, but most of Canada have found winter has arrived with no intentions of leaving for many, many, many months. So what is a naturist to do but somehow find a way to enjoy indoor occasions for being clothing free. Of course, a few who are perhaps not all there will take the challenge to be bare out there in the…
I am lucky. There is little doubt about that. I get to travel, I get to write, I have time for nudity in my life, I have an incredible life partner who accepts my being a bird of a different feather. Hell, even my neighbours are accepting of my being a naturist and a writer. Of course, I don’t flaunt my nudity and that is likely the key to maintaining good relations with our neighbour friends. They get to see…
When this post appears, I will be in France, taking a train to our first destination in Saint Malo. Today, I spend a few hours in the morning, just before the rain that was forecast to fall, cleaning up and putting away in storage, all the ornaments including the two Buddhas. Now, the back yard is as bare as I am. We expect to return just before the onset of winter, but winter has been known to set in earlier…
I am 70 years of age. My sexual desire remains in place though I have to admit, it is not as strong as it has been in the past. Well, that is a different way to begin a blog post for me. Normally, I would stay as far away from the sexual dimension of naturism and nudism as possible. After all, if naturism is to ever become normalised, it needs to lose the assumption that nudity equates to sex. As…
In three days we will be boarding a plane with the destination being Paris, France in order to spend just over six weeks in northwestern Europe. Naturally, there is a lot that is keeping me busy in terms of preparation for this adventure, including mowing the lawns and preparing our home and yard for the approach of winter. We have arranged for a neighbour to mow the lawns if there is a need before our return but the likelihood is…
The skies are clear with the promise for a day of sunshine. As usual, I was up while darkness still reigned supreme. For the first hour of the day, I sat with coffee to watch the subtle shifts from black skies to predawn light. A half hour later, the sun touched the horizon, hidden behind fences, hedges, and scattered houses in this small prairie town. The light was an invitation to step outside the house even though the air was…
Labour Day Monday! It’s the day that is associated with the last day of summer here in Canada. Being a country that is north of the 49th parallel, this is a fair statement to make. Overnight temperatures are now single digit numbers for the most part. We will get a warm spell or two, something that we often refer to as “Indian Summer.” I know that technically it is still summer but the reality is a different story. This is…
It’s a good day. Then again, most days have become good as the years wear on. Fortunately, I have good health which helps. Today I got out once again for a naturist hike, or free-hike as many of my friends like to call it. I walked about eleven kilometres at a good pace of 5.4 kph. Once I had found my meditation stone near the bottom of a hill, I stopped for a short while for a second meditation followed…
Due to a lot of travel this summer for family visits and for selling books, I haven’t had the time or the energy to invest in writing. I have kept up my journal and done some bare minimum blogging, but as for the novels – two works in progress – very, very little. Then, in the past few days, that has been changing. I switched my writing spot to the dining room table rather than at my desk in my…