Eldon N. Spady

Billy Bob Joe Block, (featured in "Gators, Goons & Guns on the Bayou and What Could Possibly Go Wrong) is back. Along with assorted cousins and associates, they keep trying to take care of their animal-control/security-consulting/reality-show production businesses in the Louisiana bayous. That is, when they're not having deadly and nearly always hilarious encounters with mob and drug cartel operations, assassins, and a whole slew of other illegal enterrprises.

Obadiah: The saga of how a member of a religious minority rose to a position of responsibility and power in a hostile environment In 1 Kings chapter 18 of the Bible it casually mentions a man by the name of Obadiah, explaining that he was the manager of King Ahab's palace, a position of responsibility and power in ancient Isreal. This was at the time when King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, who worshiped the heathen gods of the surrounding nations, were actively trying to rid the country of Jehovah worshipers. The part that piqued my interest in this story was that Obadiah was a Jehovah worshiper. Which raised the question, why would King Ahab tolerate him as the manger of his palace?Coming from a management background my conclusion was that Obadiah was such an excellent manager and so valued by King Ahab for those management skills that the king protected him.'Obadiah' is my story of how Obadiah got the job, and how he survived the machinations of Queen Jezebel who tried everything from seduction to outright murder to remove Obadiah from his position, and the cataclysmic outcome in the contest between good and evil in ancient Isreal.

Growing Up Eldon, a Memoir is a humorous collection of stories and experiences from Eldon Spady's growing-up years on his family's dairy farm in Sequim (say "Skwim"), Washington. Why this book? When Eldon was young, his Grandpa Spady lived with him and his family for a few years. You'll meet him inside. After Grandpa Spady's death, Eldon became aware of some of his fascinating life history. To this day, he wishes he knew more about his grandpa's early life.So his progeny should not be saying the same thing about him someday, Eldon started keeping a journal, chronicling the lives and adventures of real and imagined relatives, as well as his own escapades. Dip in and enjoy such tales as "Coonhounds to the Rescue," "Catveat Emptor," "Be Careful Where You Grab Her," "Blowing Up the River," "Billy Bob Joe Block," and many more.Growing Up Eldon is a great, fun read for teenagers and adults alike.

Join Eldon Spady and his family on seven birding trips around the United States and in Costa Rica. This is a humorous look at birding and birders as well as a family at play. Though some of their trips involved about as much luxury as any true birder can expect, some, in Spady's words, involved "...places where we were afraid to use the washcloths, where you couldn't walk on the floor of the dining room without your shoes sticking, where the sheets were adorned with cigarette burns and strange-looking stains, and where the only view was a swimming pool covered with bugs and algae. "We often had to drive our own tour vehicle, schlep our own luggage, and eat things that looked like cheese-covered armadillos. One restaurant bathroom sported a sign that read Don't Wash Your Hands, They're Already Cleaner Than Anything Here "In spite of the challenges, at the heart of In Search of the Painted Bunting lies the revelation that family birding trips can be great fun (if you don't embarrass easily), rewarding, and punctuated with more than enough laughter to last till the next time.