The Slice: At least it didn’t close with ‘Um, see ya’

Mail call.

Here’s a letter from camp, written by my 9-year-old friend, Trevor. He sent it to his parents.

“Dear Mom + Dad

“I just got to camp Sweylocan. And I’m in Miss Carlys group. You don’t know her yet. I went to the um party and limbowed. Went swimming. Water was frezzing cold. Went to bed. Just woke up to write a letter.”

Except for the closing, that was it. You can’t accuse the kid of being long-winded.

His mom isn’t sure what an “um party” is. But she did note with mock hurt feelings her son’s choice of “Sincerely” as a sign-off instead of one of the other options available to him.

Just wondering: Where would go to find the best milkshakes in the Spokane area?

Today’s tale of unauthorized canine snacking: “Our Sheltie, Lily, decided to eat a bowl full of macadamia nuts,” wrote Kim Hutchinson.

The family had just returned from Hawaii, and the nuts had been placed out for visiting friends. But Lily took the liberty of helping herself.

“The next morning when my husband went to get Lily, her hind legs were paralyzed.”

They took the dog to the vet’s office. It turns out macadamias can cause a toxic reaction in canines.

“After two days in the hospital, lots of medications and an X-ray that showed Lily was full of nuts — literally from top to bottom — she is now well and happy.”

Which is what matters.

Even if, as Hutchinson put it, that was “The most expensive bowl of macadamia nuts ever.”

If Washington and Idaho had namesake shirt styles like Hawaii: “I think both states would have at least two: North and South for Idaho, Eastern and Western for Washington,” wrote Gary W. Smith. “And the Spokane-CdA corridor shirt would probably be different from all four of those.”

Today’s Slice question: What do you say when people want to hold the baby nestled in your arms and you don’t really want them to?