A Long Absent Naturist's Return (Long term, I hope)

The best dress for walking is nakedness. But our sad though fascinating world rarely offers the right and necessary combinations of weather and privacy, and even when it does the Utopia never seems to last very long.
Colin Fletcher, The Complete Walker III

The last gathering we attended of our naturist group was back in January. There’s usually a get-together once a month but we were unable to attend the next two. April’s pot-luck/gathering/social event took place yesterday. After an extended period of unsettled weather, the sun was most cooperative and shone down on us kindly as we basked like lizards on the deck in our (mostly) winter-white skins, eagerly soaking it up. It never occurs to me to think of sun block in the middle of April. I don’t think I got burnt but I’m feeling a little warm glow warning me I’d better not forget to apply some next time.

It was nice to get together again. I hadn’t seen some of these folks for quite some time due to conflicting schedules, illnesses and such. This time around the potluck was assigned a theme; Italian. You know what that means. Pasta in every way, shape and form. Not a problem for me, I could eat that stuff every day. As usual, everything was tasty and highly caloric. Cheese always seems to figure largely at these functions and if there’s one thing I try to stay away from it’s cheese. I love it but it’s not too great for someone with a cholesterol problem with which I am afflicted, most unfortunately! With so much good food around, I don’t throw caution to the wind entirely at these events but I do try to keep it tethered!

The usual crowd was there. No new faces to be seen and this is our major dilemma. We need more members to flesh (!) out our group but none seem to be forthcoming. Early this summer an annual Health and Harmony Fair is going to take place at our county’s main fairgrounds. We’re making plans to set up and man a booth to promote some much needed awareness of our group. This should prove most interesting because it’s extremely important that the right message comes across that conveys what we’re all about. Naturism is a touchy subject which needs to be handled with kid gloves. Hmm...a naturist sporting kid gloves; that would make an interesting picture, don’t you think?