Tam Gray
Happy 150th Birthday Edith Wharton!
Break out a glass of champagne, don an antique jet-beaded jacket and celebrate Wharton's 150th birth anniversary. Read a book of Wharton's, watch the Age of Innocence or The Buccaneers and visit her home, the Mount. more »
We'll Always Have Frances, Emma, The Little Prince and Middlemarch
The most treasured present for any occasion in our family is a book. Immediately, the recipient opens it and usually has difficulty going to another gift, so captured by the world that is appearing in their hands. Here are some of our choices for this holiday in books and DVDs more »
The Dickens 200th Birthday Celebration in 2012
In the US, there is UC Santa Cruz and the Dickens Universe and Project. In London, an exhibit that display examines the central relationship between Dickens and the city that he described as his ‘magic lantern’ more »
In Case We Forget: Centennial of Women Suffrage in California
"Politics is no place for a women consequently the privilege should not be granted to her. The mother's influence is needed in the home. She can do little good by gadding the streets and neglecting her children." more »
