The Slice: Apparently, she traveled light

The Slice’s recent mention of fireflies reminded Jennifer Roseman of visitors from the East.

A little more than 20 years ago, when her son was about 5, she wanted him to experience lightning bugs. So, while on a trip that took her to Philadelphia, she captured some of these special insects with the idea of escorting them back to Spokane.

“I carried them on the plane in a glass jar with holes in the lid and prayed that they would make it,” she wrote.

They did. And her son still hasn’t forgotten about it.

Children’s books we remember: When Mike Nelson of Davenport was first dating the girl who would one day be his wife, her 3-year-old sister would meet him at the door and hand him her copy of “Are You My Mother?”

Then she gave him a choice: “Would you like to read this to me now, or later?”

You know you’ve stopped rockin’ when … : Everybody taking their blood pressure passes for entertainment, said Keri Yirak.

Sunday quiz: I’ll send a coveted reporter’s notebook to at least one reader who can identify the word appearing elsewhere in today’s column that has a connection to Miles Drentell.

Slice answer: “Spokamnesia is the belief that life growing up in Spokane 50 or 60 years ago was idyllic,” wrote Jeff Brown. “Nobody locked their doors, children played in the streets in the evening, city swimming pools were free, ice cream cones were a nickel, even the dogs didn’t have fleas. I have Spokamnesia and I’ll keep it, thank you very much.”

Today’s Slice question: Will guys one day look back on certain 2009 facial-hair choices in much the same way we now laugh at ’70s hair styles?