Caught by a local reporter hosting another birthday party for a female friend in Redding, California.
The Idiot hosted a birthday party for Joan Hoff Howell (second from right) that included his 100-year-old mother and his spry young chiropractor.
(Photo: Marc Beauchamp)
The Idiot awaits his guests at Clearie’s restaurant in Redding, CA.
(Photo: Marc Beauchamp)
The Idiot’s 100-year-old mother chastises him for trying to sell copies of The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives during a birthday lunch in Redding, CA.
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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