*Read John Williams’ biography here A.I.: Artificial IntelligenceKnown as A.I., this science fiction film was released in 2001. The screenplay by Steven Spielberg (who also directed) was based on a 1969 short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss. This was Williams and Spielberg’s 17th collaboration. The film stars Jude Law and Haley…
A to Z Challenge
John Williams: an A to Z Introduction
John Towner Williams is one of the most successful composers of all time. Born on the 8th February, 1932 (making him 87 years old) in Flushing, Queens he started studying music (piano) from a young age. This is no doubt attributed to the fact his father was a musician – a jazz drummer and percussionist…
A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal
This year I am once again participating in the A to Z Blog Challenge (my fourth time). I wasn’t planning on joining in this year, but during last year’s A to Z I had an idea for a theme and haven’t been able to shake it, so here I am. If you are going to…
Pretty nails
During the A to Z Challenge this year I was lucky enough to “meet” Giggling Fattie. GF posts videos of how to create lovely polished nails on her Nail Art Sunday posts. After I commented how I would never be able to create the designs she does GF invited me to send her a couple…
The anti-serial killer post
For April’s A-Z Challenge I posted about serial killers. After a month of rather grim reading I thought I should post on something a little more uplifting… A number of years ago I stumbled across a website “Sunny Skyz“. Sunny Skyz was created as a place for positive, upbeat good news stories from around the…