Ensuring that his 100.2-year-old mother gets the right floral combo and colors to kick off the new year/decade before he heads to Southern California.
The Idiot is leaving his well-flowered mother in vibrant Redding, CA, to attend the finale of the Palm Springs International Film Festival before a week of meetings in Hollywood to discuss financing for The Idiot and the Odyssey mini-series and two other cinematic projects.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."