Attending one of the many pre-birthday parties being held for his 99.875-year-old mother before she turns 100 on October 24.
Although still hoarse from a Sunday “hens” party held well in advance of his 99.875-year-old mother’s 100th birthday, The Idiot watched his mother Helen Stratte (second on left) perform with gusto at a Friday the 13th birthday luncheon before she turns 100 on October 24.
Her fortune cookie at Lim’s Cafe, a Chinese restaurant in Redding, CA, read: “You will live more than one century.”
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."
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