April 2, 2018 | Posted by jspaff
Saying goodbye can be hard, especially for teenagers. An important part of growing up is learning to say goodbye. I don’t mean to dying people. I mean on the phone. With the advent of texting, the art of saying “goodbye” has fallen by 92%. My wife, I’ll refer to her as Cynthia, and I are […]
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January 1, 2018 | Posted by jspaff
Well, Well, Well, Another year has zipped by and it’s time to send out the yearly update of the Spafford-Berger family. I’ll start by letting you all know that we set out to make Spafford’s great again in 2017 and I believe we may have accomplished it. But, you can be the judge of that. […]
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October 31, 2017 | Posted by jspaff
Here’s a recipe for Spiced Honey Roasted Pumpkin Seeds. I’m not sure why you would even look at this, but in case you haven’t had roasted pumpkin seeds in a while and want to confirm that you too hate them, you should go ahead and make some. I know, I know, it’s such a shame […]
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October 20, 2017 | Posted by jspaff
This is a script based on a true story of a distant relative, Anna Spafford, whose story bridges two centuries and two countries, spanning war and personal tragedy and haunted by a man from her past. She becomes a leader of a cult-like religious group, starting a movement that will outlive her. This may […]
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October 5, 2017 | Posted by jspaff
The new President of Agriculture was set to speak within the next three hours. The election was close. There were talks of voter suppression and misinformation to keep some Forms out of the election process. We needed to be put this behind and move forward as a united Unit. For many it would be difficult. […]
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September 29, 2017 | Posted by jspaff
Alex Crenev has a social media legacy problem. He has no one to look after his social media in the instance should he become incapacitated or experience the unfortunate path of death. He has no one to whom he can turn over his many creative and strong passwords. He has no one to properly label […]
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July 16, 2017 | Posted by jspaff
I love to vacation in Eagle River, WI. I never considered myself a guy who would get into ATVing, but that all changed this summer. However, I came to ATVing in a less conventional way. As a child I spent a lot of time in Eagle River not even knowing anything about the full on […]
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December 15, 2016 | Posted by jspaff
As we find ourselves at the brink of 2017 I would like to look back on 2016 and give an update. Sometimes my Christmas letters have been funny – maybe even verging on ridiculous. In the past, Cynthia has been very tolerant of my ramblings. Even when I strayed from the important facts pertaining to […]
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March 27, 2016 | Posted by jspaff
Many years ago in a far, far away galaxy named Madison, Wisconsin I was single. In between pints of beer I thought it would be acceptable to meet and date somebody. One night through mutual friends I met a woman who I thought may have had the best sense of humor I had ever seen […]
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March 10, 2016 | Posted by jspaff
Enormous amounts of heated moist air twisted high in the atmosphere. This is how my son explained the formation of hurricanes per his second grade classroom research. Just the discussion of twisted hot air made me think of the current state of Republican presidential politics. A lot of people have been piling on Trump and […]
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