LIMITED TIME OPPORTUNITY: Order a Customized Pet Portrait From My Daughter
Due to the COVID19 lockdown, my 14 year old daughter has some extra time available to do commissioned portraits. On the right is a commissioned portrait she did last year. You can see more examples of last year’s commissioned pet…
Order a Custom Pet Portrait By My Daughter
My daughter Dina is a gifted young artist. As one of her projects for this summer, she is offering to paint custom pet portraits. I know it’s early to start thinking about holiday gifts, but this is a gift every…
The Parents’ Blessing from Our Daughter’s Bat Mitzvah
Our daughter was bat mitzvah’ed in December at Congregation Beth Am. The photo album (including photos from her excursion to make her own tallis). It was a lovely ceremony and a wonderful family celebration. The temple expected us to give a…
Announcing the “Gail Schlachter Financial Aid Directory Collection” at San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives
My mom Dr. Gail Schlachter published hundreds of books over several decades. Like a stereotypical librarian, she saved them all. Most were serial reference books, and most libraries routinely throw out older editions of such works when they buy a…
How I Celebrated My 50th Birthday
As I mentioned in March, I turned 50 this year. Rather than limit my “birthday” to a single day, I decided to enjoy a year-long celebration. Here’s everything I did: Travel I spent a day at Valley of Fire state…
How Reference Service Press Books Acknowledge My Mom’s Career & Life (Gail Schlachter Hauser 1943-2015)
We sold my mom’s publishing business to AdmitHub in 2016. AdmitHub asked us for a foreword about mom that they could include in future book editions. Here’s what we sent them: ___ Dr. Gail Ann Schlachter was working as a…
How I’m Celebrating a Milestone Birthday (and How You Can Help)
I’m turning 50 in a few weeks, and I’ve been thinking how to celebrate the milestone. There are many online clickbait pages on the topic, most of which are either generic or insipid. I guess after so many years of life, I should…
Interview With ‘All About Cats’ Regarding the ‘Find Kitty Nala’ Book
A year ago, I did an interview about the Find Kitty Nala book for the website “All About Cats.” I intended to repost it here but the draft got buried. Today, I’m celebrating Caturday by exhuming this draft (better late…
Celebrating Our 20 Year Wedding Anniversary!
Lisa and I recently celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. Because the Internet wasn’t ubiquitous in 1997, our wedding isn’t documented online like it would be today. Therefore, I thought it would be helpful to collect some key resources into a…
A Teenager’s View of the Seattle Vegetarian Scene (Guest Blog Post)
[Eric’s introduction: today I’m turning the blog over to my 13 year old son for his first-ever guest blog post] In October, my dad and I took a short trip to Seattle. I had never been to Seattle before, so…