April 27, 2020 Volume 18, Issue 2 Weekly Newsletter COVID 19 Update We hope that you are healthy and safe during this time of lockdown. Unfortunately not much has changed hereǦ since the last newsletter. All of our facilities are still closed (everything from the pools to the lounge). We are following all of the San Diego County and State of California guide- lines and regulations during the Coronavirus period. As of May 1, 2020 in the County of San Diego you are required to wear a face mask anytime you are in public. We are located in the county of San Diego. Inside this issue We are now renting site to those with RV’s that would like to come out to enjoy the unseasona- If Nudity Was Legal ..................... 2 bly warm weather we are having. You must first contact the office at 619-766-4301 before ven- Connecting Through Naturism 2 turing out as that is where you will find the latest information and availability. The office is open .... daily from 9 AM to 2 PM while the lockdown continues. There are some restrictions that you will Nude Staycations ........................ 2 have to abide by if you do join us for a visit. 5 Naturist YouTube Channels ...... 2 Naked Gardening Day ................ 3 Online Nudist Communities ........ 3 Friday Night Bingo via Zoom One Man's Year As A Nudist........ 4 We are offering bingo via Zoom Meeting to anyone that would like to join in on the fun. During I’m Not The Only One ................. 4 the lockdown it has been hard for people to get out and socialize and just enjoy the company of Unconventional Things To Do At others. So we have decided to host bingo online so that you can hopefully get some entertain- Home .......................................... 5 ment. Rules Of Going Naked ................ 6 Bingo will begin at 5:00 PM on Friday 5/1/2020. To get your bingo cards send an email to Searching for Truth ..................... 6 [email protected] and in the comments section please specify how many people will be playing. We will send your bingo cards out on Friday morning along with the Zoom login infor- Naturist Lock Down Idea ............ 6 mation. Social Nudity and Social Media ... 7 Once you have received your Bingo cards print out one copy and use it for all games. If you have Who’s Afraid of the Female ........ 7 played on one of the previous Fridays please discard the card you received for that game as they Exhibitionism and Nudism 9 will not work for the game this week. .......... If you have any questions please use the link above to email us We look forward to you joining us for an hour of bingo fun on Friday. If Nudity Was Legal Everywhere… Are you a Naked Person? I was having my morning coffee, after my workout, naked as every day, and this idea came to me: I am in a body image mood those what would happen if nudity was completely legal everywhere? I mean what would happen if days. It’s true that you cannot open a anybody can chose to be nude to go shopping, go to the office, or go to the beach? The first thought that came to me was that it would just be fantastic! No need to think about what to magazine or browse the web without wear to go out in the morning. No need to think about what people would think if they see you being bombarded with “beautiful” nude. No need to think about where to go on holiday, as all places would be nude friendly. people, and as we are getting closer But of course, for us nudists, the world would be just this: a fantastic liberated world from the to summer in the Northern Hemi- constraints of clothing, a world of free choice in which we could chose to stay nude without any sphere with messages on the next risk of legal retaliation. For textiles, it may be a different world, as many textiles do not under- diet to get a “beach body”. But hey, stand nudity and see it as a threat. This reminds me of a scene I witnessed last holiday. I was at as a nudist, I have a beach ready the nude beach, just at the limit of the textile beach. I was not the first nudist when coming from body all year round and all the nud- the textile side, but almost. People are used to walk on the sea side, and a couple with a 10-year old kid, textiles, was walking in the direction of the nude beach. Read more ists I know have a beach ready body too. Not that nudists do not care about their body, they do like everybody Connecting Through Naturism else, but they are not obsessed by it. The world can feel so vast, that exploring the whole thing would be a complete impossibility. They are not obsessed because they Well that may be true, but we sure do think that exploring as much as possible in your lifetime have too much cellulite there or too will give you more rewards than anything else. little muscle here, they are not ob- We have learned is that naturism brings people together in the most unexpected ways. It is abso- sessed by their body because every- lutely thrilling to meet new people, from new and different cultures across the world, who share body can see their body, naked! Go this beautiful way of life. There is an unreal, instant connection that I would compare to meeting to any nudist beach and you will see someone of your childhood religion or someone who maybe happens to have the same favorite all kinds of body, fat, slim, big, small, band as you and went to your high school but that you somehow never met. It is as though there tanned, untanned, etc. Of course the is instantly so much to talk about and so much to share… Read more same will happen at a textile beach, but you will notice people wrapping in towels or covering their body with swimsuits, sometimes to hide what Nude Staycations Zoom To The Top Of The they consider something they do not Coronavirus Challenge like. Around the world, people are trying to maintain their sanity through creative means in light of We all know, nudists and textiles, the current pandemic and its unexpected effects upon work, travel, lifestyle and security. In that a body and health are related. response, people, especially on social media, have taken to performing parody songs, posing as However, the love you have with works of art, ramping up their social activism, and wearing inventive forms of personal protective your body is, IMHO, far more im- equipment. In addition, apps such as Zoom have seen their membership skyrocket as the human portant than the effort you are mak- need for interaction meets the modern world of technology and connectivity. ing to have a “perfect” body. No- Others are taking the unfortunate opportunity afforded them from social isolation to catch up on body’s perfect, says the wise. Learn cleaning, learn new skills, such as origami, or completing the next great work of literature. In all to love your body and to get well into cases, there is a longing to return to some form of normal, even if it is a new normal. Read more it. It’s not the look of others that should lake you ugly or beautiful, it’s yourself! You are beautiful. One 5 Naturist YouTube Channels You quote taken from the blog post I stole the title from:“ I think your view Really Want To Follow In 2020 of nakedness says more about you Remember the times when the magazines and websites of naturist federations were the only than how conventionally beautiful available source of information about naturism? On one hand it did make things pretty easy. you are”. All is said. Read more Whatever they said, was the one and only truth. Their definitions, rules, and etiquette defined naturism. Period. Of course, not every naturist had the same opinion, but there wasn’t really a platform available to share other visions about naturism. This was one of the main reasons why we started Naked Wanderings, back in the day. We en- joyed naturism, but our ideas definitely weren’t always conformed with the often boring and 2 patronizing information that we found online at the time. Read more What? World Naked Gardening Day (commentary by Melissa Martin Ph.D) Yes, it’s a thing. The first Saturday of May brings along a rather bizarre awareness day. And just how do you celebrate World Naked Gardening Day? Plant peppers and tomatoes in your birthday suit. Hoe dirt in the nude. Trim trees au naturel. Ouch! Avoid poison ivy. Itch! It’s the Sixteenth Annual World Naked Gardening Day in 2020. Over a decade of bonding in the buff with bare buns. World Naked Gardening Day was founded in 2005 by Mark Story of Seattle. World Naked Gardening Day is even featured in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I guess that makes it official. WNGD is endorsed by The Naturist Society, Clothes Free International and American Association for Nude Recreation. Yes, the creative hanging loose group has a website. Warning—photos of veggie picking nude people at www.wngd.org. And the burning question we all want to know is answered, “Why garden naked? First of all, it’s fun! Second only to swimming, gardening is at the top of the list of family-friendly activities people are most ready to consider doing nude.