{"id":1252,"date":"2007-08-03T10:49:28","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T16:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/podcasting.isfullofcrap.com\/2007\/08\/03\/gertrude\/"},"modified":"2016-03-26T16:19:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T21:19:10","slug":"gertrude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/?p=1252","title":{"rendered":"Gertrude"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1085\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1252-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mp3.oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/gertrude.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mp3.oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/gertrude.mp3\">https:\/\/mp3.oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/gertrude.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>As we wait for the water to boil, Old Gertrude pulls glass jars down from the shelf, lifting lids, taking a  pinch of this, a pinch of that.<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m glad you finally came to see me,&#8221; she says.<br \/>\nSally, crying, holds the baby and mumbled &#8220;Thank you&#8221; in between sobs. I twist my wool cap in my hands.<br \/>\nGertrude mixes the leaves and herbs, sprinkles them in a cup, and pours the water from the kettle.<br \/>\nWe dip a rag into the tea and put it to the baby&#8217;s lips.<br \/>\nShe won&#8217;t drink. She&#8217;s not breathing. She&#8217;s&#8230;<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>636180<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16,7],"class_list":["post-1252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-stories","tag-fantasy","tag-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30941,"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions\/30941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneadayuntilthedayidie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}