Stepping outside of the bubble of naturism comes with a risk with today’s post. I read earlier on Twitter about how we need to gently push the boundaries, rather than to overtly get in people’s faces resulting in conflict and push back. Of course that makes a lot of sense. The last thing we want as naturists, is to lose ground to the reactive, fearful, and negative broader society. We want more opportunity to be nude, socially and in private….
Body positivity – learning to not only accept the truth of one’s body, but to let go of judgments about the bodies of others. In the world of naturism, it is accepted as a near truth that those who engage in social nudity have a high level of body positivity. I have to admit that I question that commonly held belief. In a way, being nude is curiously like wearing a costume or a mask. Because of the company we…
I was listening to my wife tell me about some very good stories happening in the world near our home in Canada. One particular story was about a drug addict who had managed to get some control back in her life, enough to open a restaurant and then hire other addicts to be her restaurant staff. They served to be each other’s support system. It was definitely a story that highlighted the best of humanity. We then talked about our…
Well, perhaps the “Ordinary Man” part is suspect [LOL!] I am seeing a subtle shift here, one that perhaps reflects the blog site’s title – A Canadian Naturist. I am a Canadian, at least as far as my birth certificate, passport, and heart remind me. My location and my feeling at home in so many places in the world make me question this whole thing about being a “nationalist” in a world that defies political boundaries. I am a Naturist,…
I have a cold, or at least that is what it appears to be, complete with coughing, stuffed up head and fuzziness. As a result, we only walked for six kilometres this morning. As we got closer to the end of our walk, I spotted a likely place for some sunbathing. Actually, I made mental notes of three likely locations for use in the future. Because it is a weekday and there is basically no beach traffic, I had planned…
It seems that I have been on a holiday from writing for some reason or other. Since I don’t write when it feels like it becomes work, perhaps that idea of being a holiday is not quite what I need to say. Writing is a strange, strange world. For me, it all comes down to intention. Why am I writing or not writing? I honestly can say that I don’t think much about either of these questions. Rather, I am…
I fell in love. You fell in love. In some manner or other, each of us has, at one time or the other, fallen in love. On those occasions where the other has fallen in love with us in return, anything becomes possible. I asked my wife what is different now than during our first years together when we would risk being nude in nature such as on a mountain, or on a solitary beach in the northern wilderness, or…
There are a few breaks in the cloud cover this morning with the promise that finally I will get to feel some sunshine on my body. It feels frustrating to be in such a warm environment and find that I must keep my clothing on whenever there is the faintest possibility that someone could see me while I am naked. I have the upper floor of our casa in which I can be nude, but that is about it. In…
At 1:30 this afternoon, local time in Ecuador, it is a sunny 29C. We are delaying our beach walk until later in the afternoon when the sun is less intense so that we don’t have to use as much sunscreen. Yesterday afternoon, we went for a six kilometre walk along the beach before heading into the sea for a swim in the surf. It was the perfect beginning of three months in Ecuador. We finished off the day with a…
It’s New Year’s Eve, my last full day at home here on the Canadian prairies before I fly off for a winter of sunshine and warmer temperatures in Ecuador. The backpacks have been filled with what we will need for three months, not a lot as we don’t wear much. I am fortunate in that I will be able to live clothing-free for the most part within our casa which we rent, in Ecuador. Naturally, once we leave the casa,…