HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

What better way to say farewell to 2009 and welcome in 2010?

A GILROY FOR NEW YEARS

If you're making plans for your New Year's party, may we suggest a Gilroy?

SEE?

See, it's not hard to be naked outdoors! If you haven't been naked on a beach, make it a New Year's resolution.

CAMP BATHING

We were backpacking on a college break, back in Colorado. It'd been a few days of hard hiking in the back country, and we were beginning to get ripe. Sweat on dried sweat, and oily hair. When the girls found a waterfall, it became their shower. It was hardly more than a trickle. The water was freezing, having been snow a day or so before, but it felt wonderful. Layer and layer of dirt and grim washed away, leaving us renewed in our own private wilderness.

HOLIDAY BREAK

They were staying at her parents house for the holidays. After non-stop days of family and activities, they needed a break. Even if it was short. They slipped away. They figured they had about half an hour before they were missed.

UNWRAPPED

They had unwrapped all the presents. And it was fun. Happy Holidays! Hope you readers don't have to rush off to work!

XMAS PRESENTS

What to unwrap first?

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

What gift did did Santa leave for you? Were you naughty or nice, or nicely naughty?

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE

T'was the night before Christmas
and all through the house
not a creature was stirring
not even a mouse....

oh, who are we kidding?

SANTA, BABY

Some kids leave Santa cookies and milk. Some know what Santa really likes.

HURRY, SANTA

We just can't wait to have our Xmas wishes fulfilled!

POSING WITH TREE

Do you think any of these photos became the annual Christmas card?

HOMEFIRERS

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful...

Here's something to keep you warm.

XMAS LIGHTS

The American custom of using electric lights began in 1882 when an associate of Thomas Edison, Edward Johnson, hand-wired 80 red, white and blue bulbs and wound them around a rotating evergreen tree.

In 1895, President Grover Cleveland set up a lighted Christmas tree in the White House and the general public began to notice.
Edison's company, General Electric, began offering hand-blown bulbs that could be wired together like beads on a string. Homeowners had to hire a "wireman" to stab the mess together, and rent a generator to power it. At the turn of the century, the larger department stores started to set up illuminated trees to attract customers. Members of high society began hosting Christmas Tree parties. In 1903, The American Eveready Co. came out with a light set more like we know today that included screw-in bulbs and a plug for the wall socket. And the rest, as they say, is history

RIBBONS AND BOWS

TRIMMING THE TREE

Like most folk traditions, the origins of the annual ritual of trimming the Christmas tree are vague, and draw from many old stories. Most agree that the cutting of a fir tree and decorating it as a holiday tradition was pretty well established in Northern Europe by the 17th Century.

Tinsel was invented in Germany around 1610. At that time real silver was used, and machines were invented which pulled the silver out into the wafer thin strips for tinsel. Some families (including, they say, Mrtin Luther) attached small candles to the ends of tree branches with wax or pins.

Families would make their own decorations from wood, wicker, or other crafty supplies. The Brits are credited with starting the trend of glass bobbles.

Queen Victoria of Britain used a Christmas Tree as part of the Royal Family's celebration of the holiday in honor of her German-born husband, Prince Albert in 1840. I wonder if the Victorians had as much fun as we do today? History has a way of remembering the Victorians as dull and prudish...but who knows... maybe they had just as much zest in trimming their trees.

REINDEER GAMES

ONLY THE SNOWMAN KNOWS

And he's not telling...

RED IS THE COLOR OF XMAS

Lovely matching underwear in the color of Xmas

MRS. CLAUSE

Oh Mrs. Clause, who knew?

STOCKING SUFFER

Which stocking would you stuff?

FUN AT THE NORTH POLE

HOLIDAY CHEER

This is holiday cheer + egg nog. The perfect holiday spirit.

NAUGHTY ELVES

There's something about the "naughty and nice" side of Christmas that makes some want to just be naughty.

WRAPPING

Time to start wrapping those gifts, getting them ready. The relatives are coming over, but not today. No need to fully dress. Enjoy.

HOLIDAY SPIRIT

It's fun to get into the holiday spirit!

DECK THE HALLS

Well, it's getting to be that time of year. From now, through the holidays, we'll bring you real snapshots and intimate moments of Sexy Sex, putting the X in Xmas.

BACK TO THE LAND

Following the Vietnam War, Watergate, and the 1973 energy crisis, some young Americans rejected the urban life, and sought out a simpler existence, closer to nature, and the fruits of their own toil. From the early '70s to the early '80s became known as the "Back to the Land" movement. Many young couples tried their hand at homesteading, some made it, and most eventually returned. Some 30 years later, their once radical ideals have a renewed relevance. Although less youth are moving "off the grid" as the previous generation, more and more are adopting the ethics and aesthetics, planting organic gardens in back yards, and some even keeping a few chickens. This new generation commutes by bike and aggressively recycles. Here's a tribute to those earlier Back-to-Landers and here's to those who find inspiration in their success, lessons in their failings, and optimism in the effort.

HOT LIBRARIAN

I've got a thing for hot librarians. I mean, who doesn't? Smarter in the head, freakier in the bed, right? It's always those quiet ones, who seem so reserved, that have the wild streak just waiting to be revealed.

HUMAN SEXUALITY, 101

In the late '60s and '70s, there wasn't as much sex education in schools. There were a few books on the subject that had been published, but most were fairly dry and clinical. Without internet, the only porn was the fairly modest men's magazines. (Keep in mind, Playboy only began to show pubic hair in the late '60s.) Learning about sex, real sex, was left to friends. Lynda, an entrepreneurial college student, realized the niche she could fill by inviting fellow students (and some professors) over to her house for open discussion and demonstrations of human sexuality.

HAPPY CAMPERS

When you're camping in a remote area, there's an assumption of privacy. Sometimes, when you're fast into the moment of making love, taken by the action at hand, you don't notice the soft sound of hikers on the trail, slowly passing by, pausing for a moment to eavesdrop and snap a photo.

BEACH MOVIE AND CREW

I'm not sure what the story is here, but it's interesting--no doubt. A film camera (looks like an old 16mm), and a shooter, maybe the director, and her cast (or are they the crew?)

What is really inspiring is that they got together on a nice sunny day, grabbed a camera, and decided to have fun. No doubt it was fun. Here's to the creative acts, and to making art with good friends. I hope we can all be so lucky at some point in our lives. If you've ever wanted to have an adventure and really live life, you should. Call up some friends, grab a camera. Go make a movie. Naked.

OUR VACATION

Our idea of a perfect vacation is: A sunny beach. The two of us walking hand-in-hand. Naked.

OPEN AFTERNOONS

After the housework was done and dinner in the oven, Carol and Nancy had a few hours to do as they pleased. Carol had ordered a new torpedo-shaped vibrator, recommended by the self-help book she was reading. She was happy to share it with Nancy, and show her all she'd learned so far.

BLACK AND WHITE

Black bra, white panties. Sexy, sexy.

VINTAGE LINGERIE

Isn't this vintage one-piece girdle and garter sexy? They don't make them like this anymore.

A TENDER MOMENT

A tender moment at home. She loved being taken in the back, but slowly, surrendering everything she had to offer, feeling him strong, but gentle.

LAST IMAGE

It was the last image on the roll, the last image he had of her. He kept it to remember.