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January 2012

Still Lookin'

Naturist New Hampshire is celebrating its 21th year.

Greetings from Naturist New Hampshire!

With the new year upon us, we still have not been able to fill in a winter schedule of activities. The inn where we traditionally meet during the winter has been offering fewer dates to us as their "traditional" clientele has grown, leaving us with our December and March event dates but nothing for the coldest winter months.

Attempts at finding new venues are continuing but so far we have not had success. Either they are not interested at all, or their only openings occur on a weeknight when the likelihood of having enough participants to cover the costs is slim.

If anyone has suggestions for us to look into, we welcome them. We'll make discreet inquiries to sound them out before making our full pitch. This has worked well in the past and, particularly with the current economy, we're frankly surprised that it is so difficult to find willing hosts this year.

Great Events

We held our traditional Uncostumed Halloween Party at Phil's Forest with Dave Brown once again taking the prize for the best "uncostume" — a colorful body painting — which got him into our December Yankee Swap as our guest.

The Christmas party also was a success with perhaps the largest number of participants in the swap that we have seen. Oddly enough, there was very little swapping, as, for the most part, everyone chose to keep the gift opened.

There was one negative to the event when someone walked away with one of the gifts another had chosen to keep. If someone picked up that giant Snickers bar by mistake, perhaps you can bring it to the March event. ...

Meanwhile, you might want to attend one of Pete's swims in Massachusetts. Email him at datnaturist@gmail.com for info.

Spammed

Our mail host made some changes that also affected our ability to control spam. Supposedly there were more options to stop unwanted mail but, in fact, the many spam options seemed to boil down to either stopping all mail or letting most of the spam through.

We thought we had it solved when, in mid-December, we stopped getting annoying solicitations for cars, credit, and cuties; but then we learned that it was just that the spam was coming in so quickly that it filled our mailbox and nothing was making it through.

I think I finally got the settings right to keep genuine mail coming through.

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Rules and Etiquette

Continuing call for submissions

Your Stories Wanted

Living Free: Naturism & Our World is more than a naturist magazine; it reflects a philosophy that nudity is but one element of how we live and should be viewed in a larger context of healthy eating and exercise, spirituality, and the arts.

We are looking for your stories on how you became a naturist, your naturist experiences, and your tips on travel, making your home naked-friendly, and raising a naturist family.

Because Living Free goes beyond naturism itself, we’re also looking for discussions on books, politics, the environment, and everyday living.

We need poems, sketches, short stories, and tall tales. We need personal accounts of things you have encountered as a naturist, or as a homeowner, worker, commuter, or observer of human life.

We also have a need for photographs and artwork. These can be photos of yourself to illustrate your articles, photos of friends in naturist settings, and especially photos of naturists in everyday situations. Nude cooking, nude around the house, naked gardening, naked hiking, fishing ‘au naturel’ or making house repairs are some examples of the material we are looking for.

Simply sending in a letter to the editor will help with providing a well-rounded product for our readers.

The idea is to make the magazine as dynamic and interesting as possible.

While the main focus is naturism, we don’t confine Living Free to accounts of naturist resorts and planned activities — although those are welcome. We want articles reflecting philosophical issues, whimsical observations, and outrages We want opinions that are honest, whether or not they are “politically correct” or agree with what we say.

Living Free also welcomes your opinions on the stories. Take exception with an article, or agree with it. Offer further illustration of the points made, or suggest other interpretations.

Accompanying every article in Living Free is an opportunity to download articles so they can be printed out. When compiled on CD, the entire magazine is provided in PDF format so those who favor printed documents will be able to print out the entire magazine. Or, choose individual articles in Word format.

Keep in mind, when contributing to Living Free, that we need a release form for any photo we publish. Information on submitting stories and photos, and a release form, are available at Submit Stories.

Except for cover photos, no photo used in Living Free will appear in any public place on our website; they are available only to subscribers with password access, and they appear only as copyrighted, low-resolution photos to prevent their being used elsewhere on the web.

The photo release form allows you to place restrictions of any kind on the photos you submit, including that they not be used as cover photos to prevent their appearing in any public or promotional manner. We also will withhold your name or use a pseudonym, if you prefer. Thus, you control how your image is used.

The important thing is to contribute to make Living Free a diverse and interesting publication.

Your suggestions for improving Living Free are always welcome. Have an idea? Pitch it to us and you may find it adopted.

For further information, or to have your questions answered, feel free to contact us at free@natnh.com or write to: Living Free, PO Box 969, Winnisquam NH 03289.