{"id":2967,"date":"2017-12-12T19:47:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T02:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2017-12-12T19:47:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T02:47:02","slug":"last-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/2017\/12\/12\/last-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cMeat grinder?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold laughed. \u201cStrange guess, sis\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot at all. Grandma kept her favorite possessions even when she<br \/>\ncouldn\u2019t use them anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arnold shook the box. Contents moved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe grinded roasts for cabbage rolls and meatloaf,\u201d I added.<\/p>\n<p>The overhead light flickered as it swayed. I shivered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s carry the box downstairs,\u201d I said. \u201cI hate attics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy, you\u2019re scared?\u201d Arnold snickered.<\/p>\n<p>I followed my brother into the kitchen. Inside the box we found<br \/>\nparcels wrapped in Christmas print. Each labelled with tags spelling<br \/>\nout names of the family.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma didn\u2019t have a chance to give them out.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nFrom Guest Contributor Krystyna Fedosejevs<\/p>\n<p>Krystyna writes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMeat grinder?\u201d I asked. Arnold laughed. \u201cStrange guess, sis\u2019.\u201d \u201cNot at all. Grandma kept her favorite possessions even when she couldn\u2019t use them anymore.\u201d Arnold shook the box. Contents moved. \u201cShe grinded roasts for cabbage rolls and meatloaf,\u201d I added. The overhead light flickered as it swayed. I shivered. \u201cLet\u2019s carry the box downstairs,\u201d I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[546,3099,549,6637,42,6635,6639,614,6633,41,3224,1230,6632,6638,6634,6640,6636,6641],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-100words","tag-attic","tag-box","tag-brother","tag-cabbage-rolls","tag-christmas","tag-contents","tag-downstairs","tag-family","tag-guess","tag-guest-contributor","tag-krystyna-fedosejevs","tag-light","tag-meat-grinder","tag-meatloaf","tag-possessions","tag-print","tag-roasts","tag-tags"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2968,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}