I didn’t decide by myself to head to Crete, Greece’s largest island in the southern Aegean, to MedTrek for two months. First I went to pay tribute to, and get some guidance from, the iconic Oracle at Delphi. Circe Read more
What’s the reaction to "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness, and Magic on the Mediterranean" e-book published in 2013? What thoughts do Idiot-ic fans and detractors have about The Idiot and his ongoing walk around the Mediterranean Read more
Why not fall in love with a good book in 2014? Get author and professional wanderer Joel Stratte-McClure's fully interactive and cutting edge e-book, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness, and Magic on the Read more
The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Twenty Years Walking the Mediterranean, which is now available on amazon, doesn’t only conclude The Idiot’s twenty-year walk around the Mediterranean Sea through Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Tunisia. Read more
Highway 1 along the Pacific Ocean through Big Sur, closed for over a year due to massive and mind-boggling landslides that destroyed the road and damaged bridges, is finally reopened. Read more
The Idiot frequently goes on long walkabouts in Paris that usually include a stroll through the 44-hecatares (110 acres) Pere Lachaise Cemetery, where everyone from Abelard and Heloise to Jim Morrison are interred, and the Luxembourg Gardens. Read more
Chic T-shirts are the mode in Paris during the dog days of August, when most of the local population has fled town for the month. Naturally The Idiot came armed with a few of the Ts given to him for 70th birthday two weeks ago. Here’s what he showed off all over Paris. Read more
It doesn’t take long to notice the triple-digit temperatures, suffocating smoke, ongoing wildfires and destroyed structures when The Idiot leaves the Pacific Ocean for his hometown in Redding, California. Read more