TV TIME: The Green Knight (Netflix)

 

From Google: 

The Green Knight (2021) is a dark fantasy film directed by David Lowery, starring Dev Patel as Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the mysterious, giant Green Knight. Based on the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the film follows Gawain's journey to prove his honor and courage, facing supernatural challenges like ghosts, giants, and thieves, in a visually stunning but divisive retelling that explores themes of integrity, legacy, and nature. 

  This started off slow. But something about it made me hold on, and I’m glad I did. Dev Patel, who would have never been my choice to play Sir Gawain, did a fantastic job of playing Gawain with heart and soul and a deep devotion to commitment.

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INTERVIEW: Urban Fantasy Author Spencer Hixon

 

                                             Spencer Hixon

Mishawaka, IN

USA

 

Good morning, Spencer, and welcome to Vision and Verse, the site for 

Art and authors. What have you written? 

A Sinister Love and Fate & Fortune. The sequel to Fate & Fortune (A 

Date with Destiny) comes out soon.

 

What is your favorite genre to write?

 

Urban Fantasy, but I am also working

on a romance, a children’s dinosaur book, 

and a piece of creative nonfiction.

 

Favorite food. 

Sauerkraut, though I am a lover of all 

food(except raisins)

 

Tea or coffee?

 

Tea (my go-to is Earl Grey)

 

Pizza or ice cream?

 

Ice cream, particularly peanut butter and 

chocolate

 

Wine or beer or soda or what? 

Beer (except for IPAs—sours are my favorite)

 

Where would you like to visit?

 

Ireland, Japan, and Greece

 

Favorite musical artist. 

It’s a toss-up between Dream Theater and Ayreon. And Queen.

 

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What makes you laugh?

 

It’s pretty easy to make me laugh. I like the Office, SNL, Colbert, and 

puns.

Knock knock. Who’s there? To. To who? Actually, it’s, “To whom.”

 

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Favorite work of art or 

sculpture. 

Does La Sagrada Familia 

count?

The church in Barcelona, 

Spain that is a beautiful 

example of New Gothic 

architecture more accurately

described as New Catalan? 

That is MOST noted as being 

unfinished still 1822, wherea 

all work is done by donation?

Yes, it counts.

 

How old were you when you 

started writing?

I submitted a poem called

 “The Windbow” to a contest 

when I was in Kindergarten 

(or possibly the year before).

Do you listen to music when you write?

I used to, but not any longer. It kept distracting me. 

Now I listen to thunderstorm recordings.

Do you plan out your book with outlines 

and notecards?  Or just write?

 

I either outline or use “guideposts” to

make sure I hit certain beats if I

necessary.

Describe your perfect evening. 

Either listening to live music with

 friends, drinking a sour beer, eating

 good local food, going for a walk at

 sunset, writing a chapter or two, 

and then spending time with my 

wife…

Or board game night with friends.

 

Where do you get your inspiration?

 

Everything is an inspiration. 

I blame my ADHD.

 

What do you do when you get writer's block?

 

I have never had it.

 

Who is your favorite author?

 

Terry Pratchett

 

Best book you ever read.

 

1984

 

Last book you read.

 

Her Unwelcome Inheritance 

by J Aleksandr Wootton

 

Diesel and Loki

What would you do for a living if you 

weren’t a writer?

 

Voice acting/audiobook narrating

 

Who is the one person who has 

influenced your personal life the most 

and why?

 My wife for supporting me 

 

If you could sit down and have a conversation with ONE person, 

living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be and why?

 

Stephen Colbert. I’m a big fan and I think he’d be a great person to get 

a beer with.

 

What advice would you give someone who aspires to be a writer? 

Be honest with what your goals as a writer are and lay out a plan to 

achieve those goals. Don’t make excuses.

Do you have some links for us to follow you? 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yetanotherwritersblog

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Spencer-Hixon/author/B0D1TM329K?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1772502276&sr=8-1&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=2a7259bf-59ba-4fa4-961f-0cc7bbcaf804

Website: spencerhixon.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencerhixonauthor/

blog: yetanotherwritersblog.blogspot.com

-Spencer Hixon

spencerhixon.com

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BOOK REVIEW: Mountain Hostage by Gerald L. Guy

 

I have loved these Gus McIntyre books since I read the Book One, Payback - An Eye for an Eye by Gerald L. Guy, where Gus is just a kid, ambushed and all alone.  They are fast-paced, well written, and soaked in local history. 

In Mountain Hostage, Gus McIntyre has grown into a force to be reckoned with in this classic western saga with great characters , an interesting plot steeped in history and folklore, and edge-of-your-seat excitement  as they race to save  the life of one of their own. 

I highly recommend this book as well as all the other Gus McIntyre books in this series. 

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ART: American Glassmaster Dale Chihuly

Dear Gentle Readers,
When we were in Las Vegas, we were lucky enough to view the unusual and breathtaking glass sculpture by one very talented Dale Chihuly at the Bellagio.  Beautiful as a description just doesn't come close.  Once you have seen one of his creations, you are forever changed as to what you think is beautiful and what you believe is possible.  You can recognize one of his pieces wherever you seen it.  I believe Dale Chihuly invented the American Art category of "glass sculpture."

 My mother had a collection of depression glass, so we were aware at a young age the beauty and fragility of colored glass. But Dale Chihuly's work is jaw-dropping.  His pieces are no little footed candy dishes!

Dale Chihuly was born in Tacoma, Washington on September 20, 1941. Reports indicate Dale was not a stellar student, and after graduating Woodrow Wilson High School in 1959, he bounced around a few different colleges, but nothing ignited his fire, so he quit college and went to Florence to study art.
(Lucky for us!!!)

  

 He began glassblowing in 1965 and found his true calling, becoming an internationally recognized glass sculptor.  He worked at the Murano Glass Factory near Venice.  We toured the facility, as that was something I always wanted to do. (Tour, not blow)

Dale's largest permanent collection can be viewed at the Oklahoma city Museum of Art, and visiting it is also on my bucket list.

      

His work and reputation are more prominent in the West.  I was thrilled to see some of his work in Colorado the last time we were there, similar to these beautiful flower pods to the right, with vibrant, opalescent, two and three-toned contrasting colors.

During a visit to England in 1976, Dale was in a very serious auto accident, leaving him with no sight in his left eye and the loss of depth perception.  (That's why he wears an eye patch.)  He once said this disability led him to take on  projects of a much larger scale.  

Many of Dale's prominent pieces were chandeliers.  His initial pieces, around 1992, were modest and lovely, but soon they blossomed into beautiful flowers, and breasts, and snakes, and  all kinds of wild glass creations one wouldn't expect on a chandelier, and it was fabulous.

 In the 1970s, Dale did a series of glass paintings based on Native American designs, aptly titles his Navajo Blanket series.

The documentary, Chihuly Over Venice, was a truly spectacular event, coordinating glass and color and water and timing.  

None of these photos are mine.  I claim nothing here.  Nothing is mine, except the memories.  I looked him up on Wikipedia and Facebook.  I simply wanted to share my limited knowledge of this fabulous glass artist/glass master so my readers would associate the name, Dale Chihuly with these magnificent glass creations.



Links to learn more about him:
www.chihuly.com/  
www.ocmoa.com
He is on Facebook and Wikipedia.

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SCHEDULE: April 6 - 10, 2026

 Monday, April 6 - ART:

American Glassmaster

Dale Chiluly

Tuesday, April 7 - BOOK REVIEW:

Mountain Hostage

by Gerald L. Guy

Wednesday, April 8 - INTERVIEW:

Urban Fantasy Author

Spencer Hixon

Thursday, April 9 - TV TIME:

The Green Knight

(Netflix)

Friday, April 10 - BOOK:

April Yellow Moon

By Carol Ann Kauffman

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