The Idiot, who plans to spend New Year’s Eve at a Zen Buddhist meditation practice, actually stayed clean and kept out of trouble during the last holiday season of the 2010-2020 decade.
He’s definitely cleaning up the self-promoting, rogue madman reputation created when he spent twenty years walking around the Mediterranean Sea and writing and publicizing The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives about his exploits.
Here are just a few examples of his new-found sane, sedate, serene and somewhat stable behavior.
He took numerous short walks with family members who came to Redding, CA, for the holidays.
He chose the cake for his son Luke’s 35th birthday…and ate all of the leftovers.
He watched other family members take photographs of his 100-year-old mother. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
He ensured that his daughter-in-law Samantha Dunnachie enjoyed the fickle winter weather in Northern California by reading about Palm Springs, where he’s heading in early January.
He kept an eye on Baby Gaga, his 1.27-year-old granddaughter, while his brothers and son chatted about risky adventures. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
He decorated a slightly elevated toddler-proof Christmas tree to prevent Baby Gaga, his 1.27-year-old granddaughter, from creating too much havoc.
He listened to his nephew Haakon Stratte recount details of his recent four-month study trip in Europe. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
He took photographs of his two children and their Redding, CA, cousins.
He took photographs of Baby Gaga and Jaxon, the two youngest members of the family.
He made a brief appearance as Père Noël/Santa Claus. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
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