I was blessed to attend the

memorial service. https://s3.amazonaws.com/z-naturist/family-nudist-pics.html wanted to

Understand the man who, though
we never met, had a profound

'Clothed With The Sun'. After
the untimely death of my wife
have got great comfort, support and acceptance in the
community. This has been instrumental in my grief retrieval.
Lee's work has given a voice to
my feelings when I did not know
The way to express myself. Thank
Fred Pings

I was saddened to learn of the recent passing
of Lee Baxandall.
Baxandall was instrumental in promoting naturism, and opening up many venues for folks to
learn about nudism. His successful efforts have
given all of us the skill to love naturism as a
which was dedicated, and named after Lee,
on February 13, 2003.
over Indian Avenue and joins the Desert
other side of the street. We'll always
look at this bridge with great respect
naturist community. He will be missed quite
much.
Elizabeth Young
President
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My remembrance of Lee is very simple. Without him I'd have
known NOTHING about the naturist movement. When I first
became interested (in 1988) I managed to discover in the Kansas City
library exactly THREE posts that dealt with naturism and bare
address. Without this link I seriously doubt that I Had have
had the resources I needed to continue as an advocate. But
Lee made it clear from the beginning that I wasn't alone.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/z-naturist/nudism-porn.html was very great at recruiting individuals. He replied all
of my early inquiries with terse, to the point comments and, at
one point printed in "N" a rambling essay I Had really thought
Just for a local club newsletter. Like it or not, from that stage on
I was committed (and hooked). The remainder, for what it is worth, is
history.
I regret that Lee was not able to live for a few more years.
With a more realistic and hospitable management in
Washington, I have the feeling the pursuit for public access
and acceptance of nude diversion will make major gains.
will continue to be) the most important catalyst.

Lee and Mark Orpen in deep conversation.

Dave Bitters

a lot of time on the phone---no
e-mail in those days. Long letters
as well---not all were placed in
the file cabinet either. I don't have any here---long
gone.
We were both a couple of bottles of wine into the
after-dinner hour when we developed the thought
of the first naturist whale watch which we did in
'83. That was the first year Lee moved the Eastern
Naturist Assembly from June to August in order to
accommodate the boating occasion.
Early NAC/NEF board at Empire Haven.

I was also helping to facilitate the Eastern Assembly
that year and could not be in two places at once.
We didn't always see eye to eye and had some heated conversations - read volcanic - but
we consistently kept our friendship and devotion to the cause of naturism.
In latter years we drifted apart as can occur over time, but that is natural progression. He
will be missed. At the exact same time I believe everyone has faith in the leaders you've given us
in the ensuing years since he stepped down.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/z-naturist/beach-femdom.html
with the Sun" was spoken. Even after the
title was clarified, most folks still didn't My sincere condolences to
Find the historical reference to the House the family of Lee Baxandall
Colony.
at this time of his passing. He

Second, although TNS acknowledged
made a great contribution
that changing names and logos is consistently a
risky move, it determined that a change would to many individuals who were
offer the chance to to augment the better able to tolerate thembiological value of societal nudity by linking selves and their fellow people
the words "nude" and "natural." The words due to what he did.
are unbiased seeing issues peripheral to
Nudism, and focus attention on two of
Truly,
the core values of naturists: social nudity
Jack Thro
and a sympathetic relationship to the natural environment.

The fresh name correctly downplayed
any misperception that naturism was shy of evoking a sun-associated metaphor.
Just a sun-oriented activity.
Folks can love naturism inside, in the the "American Sunbathing Association"
Shadiness, or at night; and with the mid-1980s to the "American Association for Nude