I first discovered Leonard as most people did, through Sean Penn’s Into the Wild. The story about Christopher McCandless who set out on his own to learn what he was really about, and to live, truly live. This movie has changed my life, the story of Chris quickly affected me in such a deep way …

Pete was a man I met in Carthage South Dakota, a town of only 200 people. Pete was in charge of maintaining the few commercial buildings that stood on the main street running through the small town. I sat with Pete in this spot for awhile talking to him about his life in Carthage and …