Welcoming a glorious holiday wreath to adorn his dining room table (think horizontal Christmas tree) made by a lifelong friend in Redding, California.
The Idiot faces the holiday season with a wreath created by Phoebe Simones Natina, who swam with him as a kid on the Redding Aquaducks in the 1960s.
Phoebe’s fragrant wreath — “Made With Love For You” — consists of beautiful greens from Northern California, including white fir and cedar and juniper berries.
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."