New Abridged Version

All Nudist, Condensed  Narrows things down a bit.  Here you’ll find a selection of postings that will enable you get a good idea of what this site has to offer without wading through hundreds of articles.   Especially good for new visitors.

‘Nude Dream’ by guest writer Rick Romig

I had an interesting dream this morning. I can’t remember many details but here’s the general scenario. I was with a group of people at a place that had exercise facilities, a hot tub, and a pool. We decided to avail ourselves of the amenities but I hadn’t brought a change of clothes so rather than get my street clothes all wet and sweaty, I stripped down completely. Although it was not a nudist venue and I was the only one nude, no one seemed to take notice. There were no stares, no comments, no averted glances. It was as if everyone were oblivious to my nudity. Wouldn’t it be nice if it could be like that in real life at your local health club, municipal pool, or YMCA. I guess that’s why they call them dreams.

‘Bare’ With Me

Steve asked me to keep up the posts on his behalf but as you can tell I’m not as good at it as he is.  

He’s not doing too well and the doctors are now saying the words ‘life threatening conditions’.   I am writing this because he loves writing this blog and hearing from all of you.   I haven’t slept in two days but this is more important than sleep right now. 

Steve is the catalyst, writer and researcher of this site.  He wanted a true picture of nudists/naturists that he couldn’t find anywhere else on the internet.  He has put his heart and soul into this endeavor because it means that much to him to set people straight about true nudism.

Now I need some help.  I am reaching out to our community asking  for others to possibly write something for this site until Steve can hopefully resume his blog.  I don’t know how to do this except to ask you to write something and send it to my e-mail.  I will then edit and publish it here.  

Please don’t spam my e-mail.  I have a tough road ahead and really can’t deal with that right now.  I am trusting you to be supportive and not make this a problem for me.

My e-mail is alancaste3435@charter.net

Thanks from Angie and Steve

Hospital Nudist

This is funny for any nudist who has been in a hospital.  The staff worry so much about making sure you are completely covered even though you might laugh to yourself, ‘If they only knew’. 

They worry if you don’t have every tie tied on those lovely hospital gowns.  God forbid something shows.  In the meantime they stick catheters up your privates, wipe your butt and pretty much know every part of your anatomy better than your significant other. 

I think this has been the hardest part of Steve’s stay.  He has to stay covered at all times.

Thanks Is Not Enough

Just wanted to thank you for your thoughts, prayers and comments.  Steve came through his surgery wonderfully.  Still a little loopy but I read him your comments and he smiled.  Now, if I can just keep him from driving the nurses crazy…

Lots of Love from Angie & Steve

May be gone for a few days…

Have a hospital visit to take care of on Wed, should only take a few days.   Angie may bring the laptop in for me to play with a bit but there will be no connection.

So carry on the best you can, I know it’l be tough.     -Steve

P.S.  This old heathen has no problem with prayers, feel free to offer a couple if you’d like.  Thanks!

Taking a Chance

   We’ve promoted new blogs here before, ones that we felt deserved attention.  It doesn’t always pan out.  Oh well.  When we give a new site’s link they generally get a decent response, the rest is up to them.  Some last, some don’t.

  Here’s another, really brand new.  So new that he hasn’t yet figured out how to use all of Word Press’ site features yet.  We were there once.

So do this:  Go there and see if the site has promise, COMMENT about what you think, give encouragement, suggestions, or tell him that it sucks.

This comment of his is what hooked me: “ I think, the problem is that we are always afraid of what we should not be afraid of and vice versa.” 

What can I say, I like the brain behind that, and I look forward to more.

Site is new, not much there yet, but could have potential.  C’mon, will only take you a minute and who knows, you could help start something that could grow huge!

Look what you’ve done for us.  A little nothing blog that is now, well, pretty significant.  People, it wasn’t just us, it YOU that makes it work!

So stop in at the little guy, and someday you can feel good that you took part in something that became important.

Here ‘tis: Vadimage

Visitor From Overflow

Tired, lazy.  If you missed it, I really like this posting on Overflow.  A Little Nostalgia   Someday, if you’re nice,

on Overflow I’ll tell you more than you want to know about a ‘47 Willys Jeep I had when 17…

Life Drawing, Nude, on British TV.

   While not nudist, per se, it is interesting from a social point of view.  It’s worth a read, especially if you happen to be an artist.

  A Daily Nude

A “Bizarre” e-mail

We generally don’t share e-mails we receive from you, we consider them to be personal correspondence.  However, an unsolicited mailing from a commercial enterprise is not quite the same thing.

So without further ado, here’s something we received recently, we’d like you to read it, read it again and think about it.  Then tell us how you feel about it, what you believe, what they’re planning to do, and how you might reply.

After a while, we’ll post the reply we sent.  It might be interesting to compare thoughts.

“Hi Steve and Angie—

   I’m researching Wisconsin food and culture for a TV show that will be shooting in August. The name of our program is “Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World” and airs on the Travel Channel. It is a spin-off of our “Bizarre Foods” show, which is one of the most watched shows on the network. Although the word ‘bizarre’ can be misleading, the intent of the show is to look for customs, traditions, lifestyles, landscapes, etc. that our audience would find unexpected and unusual.

When researching a location, we look for all the most unusual cultural aspects. It could be anything: food, sports, festivals, traditions, religions, art, music, dance, rituals, homes, jobs, etc. As long as it could be considered “bizarre” to someone else in the world, we want to find it! The best stories are the ones where our host, Andrew, can participate in what’s going on.

My executive producer told me that she heard there was an organic gardening nudist group in Wisconsin . I tried to track it down, but only found your website when searching for nudists in Wisconsin . I’m wondering if you know about this nudist gardening group? Or any other sort of nudist groups/clubs/activities in  Wisconsin ? Do you think they would be willing to let us film with them? We would obviously be very careful and tasteful in our filming. And please know that our show is intended to teach our audience about other people and cultures, not to make fun of people. Our host and crew always treat our on camera guests with the utmost respect. I look forward to hearing from you.”

  OK, it’s up to you now.  Let’s hear what you think, don’t be shy.  Unless, of course, you are so ridiculous that I’ll be forced to verbally rip your lungs out.  So to speak.  But either way, your voice will be heard.  We are dem-o-cratical around here, don’tcha know”?

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ABOUT OUR REPLY:   Judging from your comments  to the above posting, and the letter from the Bizarre folks, it would apppear that we are a bit less trusting and more cynical than our visitors.  But we stand by our reply, though you may not agree. 

We do not find it to be useful to the image of social nudism/naturism to have the kind of folks that enjoy watching people eat live worms and other disgusting things equate that with our lifestyle, ie: bizarre.   This is not something that helps us understand other’s cultures, it simply makes us feel superior.

Watching naked people grubbing in the dirt could easily amount to the same thing.  There’s much more that could be said, but we’ll cut to the chase.  Please feel free to comment.

OUR REPLY to BIZARRE WORLD:  

“It’s good to hear that you intend to do a ‘fair and balanced’ segment about social nudism/naturism.  Usually the sensationalist media takes the opposite stand.  After all, nobody wants to hear that naturists are just like anyone else, like your doctor, lawyer, neighbor, schoolteacher, cop, whatever.  But they are.  Because they are all of those and more.  It would frighten people to know who’s a closet nudist in their communty.

 That’s why we tend to be a bit shy, we like to keep our jobs, you know?  We know someone  in the Wisonsin legislature who is, and has been a nudist for many years.  Would that news help with re-election?

 So it’s great that you intend to do a thoughtful, reasonable presentation on ‘Bizzarre World’.

 Right, as if.  You have apparently done absolutely no research whatsoever on the subject or you wouldn’t be asking these questions.  Not only are all of them answered on All Nudist , one of the top legitimate nudist/naturists sites on the Web (The Village Voice seems to respect our opinions), but are readily available with the minimum of effort on the internet.  As are Wisconsin nudist/naturist clubs, groups, forums, message boards, camps and year-round events.  Do you even know what AANR and TNS are?

 Our guess is that you are someone who has taken some journalism or media classes and is doing a Summer internship, probably unpaid.  Close?

 Nothing personal here, we just get tired of folks looking to us for answers that they should be able to find for themselves, with a little effort..

 Now, you can’t say that we ignored you, we always respond to our site’s visitors.  Doubt if you’ve even been there.

 We suspect you will not get much cooperation from most legitimate nudists, tittilation is not our thing.  But we have no doubt you’ll be able to dredge something juicy up somewhere.

 OK, you can have this much:  Go to All Nudist  (this is the condensed version), on the top bar find Groups/Orgs, under Wisconsin you’ll find some clubs and destinations.  Suggest Friends of Mazo Beach, they have the greatest impact in the state.

 Fair ’nuff?  Be glad to help you after you do your homework, consulting fee $75.00/hr, one hour minimum.  Or…maybe a promo on the show…

 Otherwise, read the damn website and learn more than you need to know.  Remember, everything on the site is copyrighted.  If you want to quote from it, we’ll talk.

 Of course, you may direct folks to it absolutely free!   “

Finally, Their final Response to us:     (Think we may have ruffled some feathers…)

“Angie and Steve—

“Your email was completely unexpected and uncalled-for. I have worked on ‘Bizarre Foods’ for more than two years, speaking with people in all corners of the world, and I have never encountered anyone with such a negative reaction to a few simple questions. There are plenty of friendly people in Wisconsin who are happy to work with us; we will get a great show without including naturism.”

So, let’s hear from you!  Too harsh?  Is it too much to expect someone to do a little basic research so at least they have some idea of what they’re talking about?  Don’t they know about GOOGLE?

A Breath of Fresh Air

The following article speaks for itself.  The refreshing thing about it is, it’s no big deal!

Gotta love those Brits!                                                                          Nudist Riddle On A66