We had trip to Disney planned for July and thought maybe we would swing by a nudist resort for a day. I draped a towel over my shoulders for sun protection, but I otherwise had no inhibitions left to shed.

We had unpacked in less than an hour before we stripped off and made our way to the center of the camp site where the action would take place.I was 2 years old when this was made so, it's possible the towel etiquette came out sometime after, I was much older when I read about it. Whether you are a nudist adventurer that finds many occasions to be clothes free, or a social nudist with like-minded friends and acquaintances, or a home nudist, you invariably know nonsexual nudity is a healthy, refreshing and enlightened way to live. It sure was something to see, especially for a Canadian like me, since public nudity is taboo in North America.

I just read your three blogs, it’s really well done and provides much needed opportunities for meaning to many people, thank you for your work. We’d had enough nudity for one day – and we weren’t quite ready for any close encounters with chafing dishes. Well in today’s American society, normally one can only be nude in isolation or with their significant other.

At first there were nervous giggles between us but after a while I think we felt less self-conscious. My wife Melissa and I were staying at my sister-in-law’s house for a weekend during the covid lockdowns. His skills on the water became the stuff of legend – “he would never steal your wave; he would just sneak in, like a cat,” one globetrotting board-shaper told me – and he stuck out for his commitment to sun protection: a chalk-white face achieved with a layer of zinc oxide-based diaper cream, a discovery made decades before he became a father. While checking into our hotel, just outside the nudist village, the owner said: “Everyone thinks that we have to be naked!