The Slice: It’s not healthy to hide that affection

Are you afraid to express your love for Spokane?

Maybe because you know snarky friends or family members will snicker and make fun of you?

Well, The Slice has a suggestion: Go ahead and declare your feelings.

Then note that your critics simply do not understand the true nature of devotion.

“Am I supposed to love only that which has achieved perfection?” you can ask. “How shallow that would be.”

The Slice’s ranking of Christmas card formats: 1. Family photo cards that include pets. 2. Family newsletter that can be read aloud. 3. Cards of any ilk that arrive in envelopes adorned with great stamps.

Just wondering: Who will be the first around here to experience some modest bit of good luck and declare it “A Christmas miracle”?

Slice answers: Where are you apt to wind up if you go over the river and through the woods?

“An unlicensed grow operation,” said Curt Olsen.

Keith Hegg wrote, “As I have heard my friend Wade Griffith say, if you go over the river and through the woods you are liable to end up where you can hear banjo music.”

Coeur d’Alene’s Cindy Matthews shared this. “My daughter’s home is on the south side of the Spokane River and in the woods. They cross over the river and go through the woods, literally, to grandmother’s house.”

And Bonnie Rail wrote, “Living in Chewelah, I would no doubt wind up in Republic.”

Today’s Slice question: If you were to personalize the “It’s a Wonderful Life” expression “Old building and loan pal” to reflect your own experience and associations, what might you wind up saying?

I’ll go first.

“Old Marmot Lodge pal.”

“Old mainstream media pal.”

“Old Big Sky pal.”

“Old Air Force brat pal.”

“Old Ice Palace season pass holder pal.”

“Old once interviewed by Stephanie Vigil pal.”

“Old Thai on First pal.”

“Old STA rider pal.”

OK, your turn.