Make Your Holiday Dinner Interesting

During the holiday season, families often gather together and enjoy one another’s company.  Does your family know that you are a nudist?  Have you considered sharing this with them?  There are many advantages to being true to yourself.  Not having to come up with fibs is always easier.  No more making excuses why they can’t come camping with you.  When you realize that you are accepted as you are, it is validating.  Most americans approve of skinny dipping.  See a NEF poll published in 2015. https://youngnaturistsamerica.com/nude-sunbathing-nudity-america-nef-opinion-poll/  So you may be surprised that your family isn’t as shocked as you thought that they would be.  You may even find out that they own a nudist getaway.  A good friend of mine found this out.  But her father hesitated to ask her to visit him.  Coming out of the clothes closet helps mainstream nudism.  The more normalized nudism is, the more accepted we are.  Lastly, your news may help overshadow political discussions at the holiday dinner party.

You can get hints on how to come out of the clothes closet by talking to your friends or by searching for hints on how people from the GLBTQ community have approached their much more difficult problem.

Happy Holidays,
Karen
 

In the Northwest 12/16/2016 – 12/22/2016

 

Friday

• Movie – 8pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Facilities – 5:00pm
  • Fireside Chat – 6:30pm 
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm

Saturday

• Italy Theme Potluck – Lake Bronson
• Christmas Dinner and Gift Exchange – 6:30pm – Squaw Mt. Resort 
• Potluck Patio Party – 4:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Christmas Dinner and Gift Exchange – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Executive Board Meeting – 9:30am
  • Bun Open – 10:00am
  • Christmas Gift Exchange– 7:00pm
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm

Sunday

• Holiday Potluck – 1:00pm-  Tiger Mountain Park
• Potluck – 6:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Website – 1:00pm

Monday-

• Closed thru 12/28 –  Sun Meadow Resort

Wednesday

• Full Moon Saloon- 7:30pm –  Willamettans

In the Northwest 12/23/2016 – 12/29/2016

 

Friday

• Closed thru 12/28 – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Facilities – 5:00pm
  • Fireside Chat – 6:30pm 
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm

Saturday

• Christmas Eve Favorites Potluck – 6:30pm –  Lake Bronson
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Bun Open – 10:00am
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm

Sunday

• Breakfast – 8:30am –  Willamettans

Wednesday

• Full Moon Saloon- 7:30pm –  Willamettans

In the Northwest 12/30/2016 – 01/05/2017

Friday

• Movie – 8pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm –  Willamettans

Saturday

• New Year’s Eve Party – 8:00pm –  LARC
• Activities –  Lake Bronson
  • Soups and Sides Dinner Potluck – 6:30pm
  • Nude Year’s Eve Dance – 8:30pm
• New Year’s Eve Party – Mountaindale Sun Resort
• Textile Friendly New Year’s Eve Party – 8:00pm – SLUGS
• Potluck Patio Party – 4:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• New Year’s Eve DJ Dance and Esalen Float – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Bun Open – 10:00am
  • New Year’s Eve Dance 

Sunday

• Polar Bear Dip and a Hot Lunch – 12:00pm –  Lake Bronson
• Potluck – 6:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Breakfast – 8:30am –  Willamettans

Wednesday

• Full Moon Saloon- 7:30pm –  Willamettans

 

In the Northwest  01/06/2017 – 01/12/2017

 Friday

• Movie – 8pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm –  Willamettans

Saturday

• Potluck – 6:30pm – Lake Bronson
• Potluck Patio Party – 4:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities – Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Bun Open – 10:00am
  • Membership – 11:00am
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm

Sunday

• Bare Bowling – Hidden Springs Travel Nudist Club
• Potluck – 6:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Breakfast – 8:30am –  Willamettans

Monday

• Ladywell’s Spa – 6:00pm – Sun Lovers Under Gray Skies

Wednesday

• Full Moon Saloon- 7:30pm –  Willamettans

 

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Nudist Wish List

While you’re shopping at Amazon, don’t forget to set the AANR Education Foundation as your smile charity and start your shopping at smile.amazon.com.

It’s that time of the year again.  It’s time to figure out what to give your favorite nudist.  Here are a few things I’d like to find under my tree.

• Nudist Sunbathers – Preiser HO Scale Model Train Figures 10107 for your model train layouts. http://smile.amazon.com/NUDIST-SUNBATHERS-PREISER-SCALE-FIGURES/dp/B0034FRTD4
• A Legacy AANR Membership for your young nudist.  For those under 18 years old.  Give them their own membership.  http:/www.aanr.com
• Beyond Naked, a documentary about riding with the nuke bicyclist in the Solstice Parade in Fremont. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/beyondnaked
• Naturist Art by Henry Yuen.  Henry is a Northwest Naturist and has many gorgeous watercolors and prints for sale.  http://www.hevanet.com/hjlyuen/beach.htm
• Bodies and Souls:  The Century Project  by Frank Cordelle Photos from the exhibition viewed across the continent featuring nude women from ages 0 to 100 of very diverse shapes, sizes and conditions. http://smile.amazon.com/Bodies-Souls-Century-Frank-Cordelle/dp/0973027037
• The Full Body Project, Photographs by Leonard Nimoy Studies of Full Bodied Women. http://smile.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0979472725
• Pestemal Towels – 100% Cotton, very lightweight and very absorbent.  Wear as a sarong.  http://smile.amazon.com/Paramus-Turkish-Peshtemal-Swimming-Pilates/dp/B01KYXYFJE
• Nudist Caps
  • This is my Outfit https://smile.amazon.com/CafePress-Baseball-Adjustable-Closure-Printed/dp/B00VV2DMU6
  • I’d Rather Be Naked https://smile.amazon.com/CafePress-Baseball-Adjustable-Closure-Printed/dp/B01LO0ME26
• Various nudist signage
  • Nudist Zone http://smile.amazon.com/NUDIST-ZONE-Sign-funny-naked/dp/B001A2IQ3A
  • Nude Only http://smile.amazon.com/NUDE-ONLY-~Parking-Sign~-nudist/dp/B003C2L8WC
  • Nude Zone http://smile.amazon.com/NUDE-ZONE-Sign-nudist-naked/dp/B001GB8DE2
• Something old to read: The Cool Cottontail (A Virgil Tibbs mystery novel).  Written by John Ball, one of the early leaders of ASA. http://www.amazon.com/Cottontail-Virgil-Tibbs-mystery-novel/dp/0060807342 
• Something new to read: Barely Retired by Adam Lawler and its sequal Barely Home, Back to the Hills .  This is a fun series about a retred couple who are new to nudism.
• http://smile.amazon.com/Barely-Retired-Adam-Lawler/dp/1495456048 and http://www.amazon.com/Barely-Home-Hills-Carter-Connie-ebook/dp/B00TXT4FNW

 

  In the Northwest 12/02/2016 – 12/08/2016

 

Friday

• Social Night – 7:00pm – Mountaindale Sun Resort
• Movie – 8pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm –  Willamettans

Saturday

• Activities –  LARC
  • Board Meeting – 10:00am
  • Christmas Party 2:00pm
• Activities –  Lake Bronson
  • Santa Visit and a Cookie Taskie Party – 4:00pm
  • Winter Comfort Foods Potluck – 6:30pm
  • Winter Wonderland Dance – 8:30pm
• Movie and Potluck Party – 6:00pm – SLUGS
• Potluck Patio Party – 4:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• SR Meeting at Nilda & Howards – Sun Rovers
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Bun Open – 10:00am
  • Chrismas Decorating Party – 2:00pm
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm
• N.I.F.T.Y. Swim At Templeton Pool – N.I..F.T.Y

Sunday

• Potluck – 6:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Breakfast – 8:30am –  Willamettans

Wednesday

• Full Moon Saloon- 7:30pm –  Willamettans

 

In the Northwest 12/09/2016 – 12/15/2016

 Friday

• Movie – 8pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm –  Willamettans

Saturday

• Chicago Style Potluck – 6:30pm – Lake Bronson
• Weekend  Activities – Mountaindale Sun Resort
  • Board Meeting – 9:30am
  • General Meeting – 1:00pm
  •  Dinner Holiday Party- 6:00pm
• Potluck Dinner and Holiday Dinner – The Rogue Suncatchers
• Potluck Patio Party – 4:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Magic the Gathering – 6:00pm – Tiger Mountain Park
• Activities – Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Bun Open – 10:00am
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm
• Skinnydipper Dinner Social – Fay’s Restaurant – 7:00pm – Skinnydipper Recreation
• North Surrey Recreation Center – 9:30pm – Skinnydipper Recreation

Sunday

• Potluck – 6:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Breakfast – 8:30am –  Willamettans

Monday

• Ladywell’s Spa – 6:00pm – Sun Lovers Under Gray Skies

Wednesday

• Full Moon Saloon- 7:30pm –  Willamettans

 

In the Northwest 12/16/2016 – 12/22/2016

 

Friday

• Movie – 8pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Facilities – 5:00pm
  • Fireside Chat – 6:30pm 
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm

Saturday

• Italy Theme Potluck – Lake Bronson
• Christmas Dinner and Gift Exchange – 6:30pm – Squaw Mt. Resort 
• Potluck Patio Party – 4:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Christmas Dinner and Gift Exchange – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Executive Board Meeting – 9:30am
  • Bun Open – 10:00am
  • Christmas Gift Exchange– 7:00pm
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm

Sunday

• Holiday Potluck – 1:00pm-  Tiger Mountain Park
• Potluck – 6:30pm – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Website – 1:00pm

Monday-

• Closed thru 12/28 –  Sun Meadow Resort

Wednesday

• Full Moon Saloon- 7:30pm –  Willamettans

 

In the Northwest 12/23/2016 – 12/29/2016

 

Friday

• Closed thru 12/28 – Sun Meadow Resort
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Facilities – 5:00pm
  • Fireside Chat – 6:30pm 
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm
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Saturday

• Potluck – 6:30pm –  Lake Bronson
• Activities –  Willamettans
  • Breakfast – 8:30am
  • Bun Open – 10:00am
  • Full Moon Saloon – 7:30pm

Sunday

• Breakfast – 8:30am –  Willamettans

Wednesday

• Full Moon Saloon- 7:30pm –  Willamettans

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