Along with a name change, TNS embraced a awesome logo.
Proposed early on that a straightforward, cryptic
Symbol was desired, one that would allow
fellow naturists to comprehend one another
without the demand to blatantly advertise
one's preference for nudity. Hild provided
some rough sketches from which designer
Jack White adapted the slanted capital N
for TNS. Today the "N," standing foremost
for "bare," "naked," and "natural," Lee
Baxandall has pointed out, may also be
Connected with other affirming words like
"Pleasant" or "nurturing."

Nude & Natural magazine has continued the tradition of journalistic excellence
established by Clothed with the Sun. No
other magazine, newspaper, or newsletter
depth and width of coverage of newsworthy events regarding non-lewd social
nudity. N in size alone nearly doubles most
world.
covering naturist history, social commentary, arts coverage, travel reports, and other
naturist-related matters.

Skinny-Dipper Shop
In January 1990, TNS decided to make use
of its Oshkosh office storefront on Main
Street by opening the Skinny-Dipper Shop.
The shop sells magazines, T shirts, DVDs,
books, and other TNS goods. It was
also a walkin source for people looking for
Advice about local skinnydipping
Chances.

The public was generally accepting
of the store's really visible naturist presence
in the heart of Oshkosh. https://login.aup.edu/cas/login?gateway=true&service=http://bingo.nudist-young.com
prohibited exhibiting bare photographs within
store, so one had to come inside the shop
to find a copy of N magazine and other
TNS products. However, the prominent
signs and displays in the window let everyone know that skinny-dipping was a part of
Oshkosh.

In 2002 the TNS office went to
a newer building a few blocks off Main
Street, and though there's far less foot
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Lee Baxandall... Naturist Hero
under his naked "wing," so to speak, and mentored me in all
things naturist. I admired his ardent and determined free spirit
and multifaceted life.
and close-mindedness every step of the way. Throughout http://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/exit.aspx?url=http://nudism.name starting of the first naturist movement Lee fought
for pupil and social rights. Eventually, hot sex on the beach founded the Free
Shores Documentation Center in his hometown of Oshkosh,
Wisconsin. Its initiative publication was called Clothed with the
Sun, which is how I first found TNS. Lee and TNS became
a source of great strength in the early years of our 40-year-plus
I accepted Lee's invitation to my first TNS naturist gathering
Thus began many years of camaraderie as Lee, through the
Naturist Society, mentored us through a battalion of Crash
Beach conflicts. And buttressing his support consistently, was his tower
of strength, his cherished Johanna.
https://ord.uscourts.gov/index.php/external-link-redirect?url=http://ournudism.com of images come to mind of Lee: The
wonderful picture of him, Phineas and Johanna frolicking in a
lush tropical pool, the one from a previous World Guide...he and
INF Congress in Europe...his amazing sense of humor and great
Intellect (he was so bemused by the fact that I raised 1500
crickets in my personal float home, that he gifted me with a solid silver cricket belt buckle which I still cherish.)...his impassioned
speeches at TNS Parties, and his unyielding defense of
Nudism... Lee on the TNS naked bus tour of Europe (but particularly his nude supermarket shopping in Cap d'Agde).
Amazing honour to have been granted the 2006 Baxandall Naturist
Direction Award "in recognition of special volunteer service on behalf of nudism."
Lee has left us an unparalleled naturist legacy, but preceding
all, his love and devotion made him our excellent buddy.
Lucky us!

Lee presenting Judy Williams a Life TNS
membership.

second Camping Bares Deep
Creek campout in February 1977
three years before he founded
It had to
be the spectacle of large numbers of nudists dancing around a
winter weather that sold him on
the strategy for a national nudist
organization.
Bob Holden

We are eternally indebted, Lee. We salute you with love,
For what it's worth, you and the others at Naturist
Society headquarters are in my ideas. I am
sorry to hear of Lee Baxandall's passing.
Christopher Dyer

us all.
Mike Abramson

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