Do you, like The Idiot, frequently wonder where you were on Pearl Harbor Day (December 7) during the past twenty years?
Fortunately Facebook, the dinosaur of social media, and other platforms make it easy to recall where any of us were before, on and after Pearl Harbor Day.
Whew!
Here’s what The Idiot was up to during the first week of December in the 21st century.
The Idiot was in Morocco walking around the Mediterranean Sea in December 2002. (Photo: Luke Stratte-McClure)
The Idiot was dining with his children and his daughter’s boyfriend at their home in the south of France in December 2003.
The Idiot was on a beach in Hawaii with his then-wife in December 2004.
The Idiot was with his children in Canterbury, England, in December 2005.
The Idiot was in Paris with his daughter, son and daughter-in-law-to-be in December 2006. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
The Idiot was entertaining friends from Australia at his home in Los Angeles in December 2007.
The Idiot was on a book tour in Australia promoting “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean,” the first book in the trilogy of travel narratives about his 20-year walk around the Mediterranean Sea, in December 2008.
The Idiot was communicating from a cafe in Bali in December 2009.
The Idiot caught his son Luke in a play in Hollywood in December 2010.
The Idiot attended a charity event in San Francisco in December 2011.
The Idiot was speaking about his walk around the Mediterranean Sea to a high school class in Gainesville, Florida, in December 2012.
The Idiot was selling copies of the first two books in “The Idiot and the Odyssey” trilogy of travel narratives in December 2013.
The Idiot was giving away “Follow The Idiot” calendars in December 2014.
The Idiot was in Fiji en route to New Zealand in December 2015.
The Idiot was walking on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt in December 2016.
The Idiot hosted Baby Gaga, his new granddaughter, at his home in Redding, CA, in December 2017. (Photo: Luke Stratte-McClure)
The Idiot presented Santa with a copy of “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean” in December 2018.
The Idiot saw family members off at the Redding, CA, airport in December 2019.
The Idiot frolicked with his son and Baby Gogo, his new grandson, in Palm Springs in December 2020.
The Idiot showed Baby Gaga, his 4.21-year-old granddaughter, a hard copy edition of “The Idiot and the Odyssey” in December 2021.
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."