Privileged to attend the moving memorial service of his multi-talented good friend Lesley Layne Russell at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pilgrim Congregational Church in Redding, California.
Meditation teacher, poet, dancer, singer, minister (the list goes on) Leslye Layne Russell, a true Renaissance Woman, went to high school with The Idiot and followed him on his various adventures during the past decade.
Although she died one year ago, the release of her “My Oh My” CD at her meditative memorial service ensures that she lives on for all of us.
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."