Man lives the call of the wild

Here's the difference between John Fishback and lots of other people: On a cold, windy, winter day, the Crownsville resident went into the woods and, instead of getting lost or looking for a way out, he talked about ways to stay right there.

He spoke about different things to eat, illustrating his point by munching on rose hips, pine needles and even a muddy worm (more vitamins and minerals with the dirt on it, he said); showed how to build a hut out of nothing but piles of dead branches and leaves; and even made a whistle out of an acorn shell. It was like he was inside his own department store, only he didn't need cash or...