In the Wild

There are some things that just move you — that stick in your brain and you cannot let them go.  This happened to me recently.  I had finished my morning chores and decided to chill out and see what was on TV.  I stumbled upon a movie called “Into the Wild.”  I had missed the first 20 minutes, but I decided to keep watching as it looked interesting. I realized later that I had actually seen this movie way back around the time it came out in 2007, but, for whatever reason, it did not resonate with me.  This time it did in a big way.  I watched and re-watched the movie, read two books, and watched numerous You Tube videos about it.  I was (and still am) a bit obsessed with this story. It’s about a man named Chris McCandless who left his cushy life to set out on the road to find adventure,… Read More