Which young fan and proofreader of The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives has a birthday today (September 21)?
Baby Gaga, The Idiot’s granddaughter who joined other professional editors in proofreading “The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Twenty Years Walking The Mediterranean” in 2018, turns three today.
Here’s a quick look at her career path and developing role as a key member of The Idiot’s literary squad.
The Idiot conducted his first interview with Baby Gaga in the autumn of 2017.
The Idiot took his granddaughter Baby Gaga on a book tour for “The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Magic and Madness on the Mediterranean” during the late autumn of 2017.
The Idiot accompanied Baby Gaga to her first day of classes at Occidental College in April 2018 where she majored in literature with a minor in copy editing.
The Idiot taught Baby Gaga how to properly eat mussels in June 2018.
The Idiot gave Baby Gaga, then not quite two years old, a proof copy of “The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Twenty Years Walking the Mediterranean” to edit in July 2018.
Baby Gaga immediately put her book-editing skills to work when she proofread “The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Twenty Years Walking the Mediterranean” and found an error on the title page.
Baby Gaga attended her great-grandmother’s 99th birthday with The Idiot in October 2018.
Baby Gaga showed The Idiot a draft of her first novella in December 2018.
Baby Gaga was contemplative while en route to a talk she gave about “The Idiot and The Odyssey” trilogy of travel narratives at a child development center in Los Angeles in May 2019.
Baby Gaga began seriously reading books in French in June 2019.
Baby Gaga, now writing bilingually, prepared to get to work on her iPad in August 2019.
Baby Gaga started spoon feeding The Idiot, her septuagenarian grandfather, in September 2019.
The Idiot and Baby Gaga prepared for a night clubbing in Los Angeles in November 2019.
The Idiot gave Baby Gaga an essential book for her library in late November 2019.
Baby Gaga got her hair done before making a TV appearance to plug The Idiot and the Odyssey television documentary in February 2020.
Baby Gaga became a big sister to Baby Gogo in May 2020.
Baby Gaga escaped from the pandemic in Los Angeles in June 2020 to hike with The Idiot in Big Sur.
Baby Gaga took another pandemic break from Los Angeles in July 2020 to celebrate The Idiot’s 72nd birthday on the Pacific Ocean in Humboldt County, CA.
Baby Gaga told The Idiot that she’ll be an even bigger sister to Baby Gogo when she turns three on September 21, 2020.
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."