title: Clothing Optional: Sassy Essays from My First 50 Years
author: Julietta Appleton
description: Julietta Appleton was born in Los Angeles, California, spent her adolescence in Austria, Italy and Spain, and as a young adult lived in Montreal, Canada (where she mistakenly believed she was dodging the draft). She has lived and worked in Westchester County, New York since 1974.
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  [Dedication](index_split_002.html#filepos808)
  
  To my grandmothers, Marguerite (Bobbi) Hensley and Gloria Belle Plentl. For
  always loving me and encouraging me, even when I was sassy.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [Dedication](index_split_001.html#filepos348)
  
  [Acknowledgments](index_split_003.html#filepos8586)
  
  [Prologue](index_split_004.html#filepos10247)
  
  [Chapter 1](index_split_005.html#filepos16427)
  
  [From the Diary of Edith Lucille Westmore](index_split_006.html#filepos42774)
  
  [Chapter 2](index_split_007.html#filepos44351)
  
  [Chapter 3](index_split_008.html#filepos66957)
  
  [From the Diary of Edith Lucille Westmore](index_split_009.html#filepos82022)
  
  [Chapter 4](index_split_010.html#filepos83848)
  
  [From the Diary of Edith Lucille Westmore](index_split_011.html#filepos102333)
  
  [Chapter 5](index_split_012.html#filepos103580)
  
  [From the Diary of Edith Lucille Westmore](index_split_013.html#filepos132571)
  
  [Chapter 6](index_split_014.html#filepos13439