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March starts with a recommendation…

I’ll admit, I don’t watch much traditional TV programming any longer, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing good on. There’s a lot of terrific YouTube channels out there, and I’d like to recommend my favorite:

Itchy Boots – YouTube

Noraly Schoenmaker is a thirtysomething Dutch woman who travels around the world solo by motorcycle. Her current journey targets the Middle East and it’s amazing.

Targeting more rural routes, as opposed to big cities, she encounters sights and cultures that few Westerners are exposed to. There are wonders aplenty, not the least of which is Schoenmaker’s indomitable good cheer and resourcefulness in the face of adversity (of which there is no shortage), and the kindness and decency of almost everyone she runs into.

This is truly great stuff, and I can’t recommend the channel highly enough.

She objects…

…to being told when to nap.

And no, I’m not letting that thing, whatever it is, out of her little pen. I think it might be a small, nippy demon.

Movie Review: The Spiral Staircase (1946)

This is a taut noir-horror-thriller hybrid about a serial killer who targets women with disabilities, and a mute woman’s efforts to avoid becoming the next victim. It’s very well shot, and has an ever-escalating feeling of claustrophobia and tension. I’m not a fan of Dorothy McGuire, but she’s quite good in a role that limits her to non-verbal communication.

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBOGY6GPg6s

Nosey little thing.

Cutie pie, bringer of chaos. A great many of the plants you see in these images will be gone shortly, for the protection of one who puts *everything* in her mouth.

R. I. P. backyard garden.