I don't have any aunts by blood or by marriage, but I was lucky enough to have two by love (mum's best friends). One taught me Indian lore, and took my side whenever my bros ganged up on me; the other was a French seamstress who made beautiful clothing for me, although she never quite understood that dresses with lace-trimmed flounces really weren't suitable for a tomboy who thought climbing trees far more entertaining than sitting with Maryjanes demurely crossed while drinking tea and nibbling sweetcakes. Cookies always taste better when sitting on a branch at the top of a tree. It was my grievous loss that both ladies passed on before I was through the teen years. I love Sammy's story. And it says something wonderful about your Aunt that he felt secure enough to bring his sweetie home to her. I had a male Manx cat, ChiChi, who occasionally adopted stray kittens (having been fixed, I knew they weren't his). He washed them, played with them, taught them good manners and how to hunt mice, and had astounding patience with their antics. After a couple months, he would take the youngster walkabout, frequently returning alone. I met one of his protegés a couple years after walkabout, in the home of classmate - nearly five miles from my home. ChiChi himself had appeared literally on our doorstep, and I've often wondered if there was a cattish subculture which fostered homeless kits, and taught them how to live with two-leggedities.

Yes, I guess it can be compared to "The Others", in that it is a ghost story without any gore. Like I said, I had goosebumps several times, but no real jump-out loud moments. Woodie, I don't think I'd be able to go alone. You need to bring someone to hang onto to!

Alisande....I'm with you....have watched both recently. Loved Paula Prentiss and Jim Hutton in WTBA as well as Dolores Hart. Also, all the Gidget movies as Fun mentioned and the Annette Funicello/Frankie Avalon Beach Blanket Bingo movies. Seems like we would go to the movies every week in the summer to see one of these...they take me right back to my childhood in SoCal.

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