Áine,

There is a book called "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Heinlin (SP). In it, one of the characters (Jubal, I think) has a statue of an old woman that he loves. He discloses to Michael Valentine Smith the reason. He sees in the statue of the old woman, the beauty of the young woman she was. One of my favorites.

BTW, Scary! There is a street light in my town, Sea Bright, NJ, that turns OFF whenever I walk past it. I've done this several times, and I've had friends with me who laughed at first. Then when we approched, I told them to go ahead and walk by first. The light stays on!! Then I walk by. OFF IT GOES!! EVERYTIME!! Now that's weird!!

Love, annap