This must be the place: ‘She just smiled and laughed at me, and took her blues back again’

I’ve always dreamed of living a weird life. Not a self-destructive one. Not one of chaos and confusion. But, one of constant movement and interaction with strangers who became fast friends over a cold pint of beer or simply talking in a parking lot because I liked their T-shirt or they liked mine. That’s all. There’s a reason I bring this up. A very big reason in my existence. One recent evening, alone in my humble abode one-bedroom apartment in downtown Waynesville, I re-watched the seminal 2007 film “Into the Wild.” It had been many years since I viewed that serene movie, and yet it still hit all of the deepest buttons within my absolute being: love, truth, and sense of self. And I vividly remember the first time I saw “Into the Wild.” It was February 2008 in the very, very tiny town of Victor, Idaho. The population at that time was around 800.

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