{"id":1603,"date":"2022-11-29T19:27:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2022-11-29T19:27:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:27:14","slug":"the-germ-who-came-to-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/the-germ-who-came-to-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Germ who Came to Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

The invitations were sent. Email, text, phone calls, even two handwritten notes to luddites who were still friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Responses slowly trickled back. <\/span><\/p>\n

Can\u2019t wait. Maybe next time. What can I bring?
\nIf I feel better, I will be there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally the day arrived. Preparations began early.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ham was put into the oven. Potato salad, macaroni salad, and olive and cheese plate, thin slices of capicola and gruyere on thin crusts of bruschetta<\/span><\/p>\n

People started to arrive. Wine was poured. Plates were set out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conversation remained light. <\/span><\/p>\n

The one who felt better, was not quite. Not dastardly sick, but with an occasional cough, and a sneeze \u2013 half of which was caught in a Kleenex.<\/span><\/p>\n

The few germs that escaped found refuge on the ham, the potato salad. On the bruschetta. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the silverware and plates festively decorating the table.<\/span><\/p>\n

The party was a success. Days later, people recalled the party, as the germs rallied in the systems of their new host.<\/span><\/p>\n

The germs: Cheering that the dance will continue.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The invitations were sent. Email, text, phone calls, even two handwritten notes to luddites who were still friends. Responses slowly trickled back. Can\u2019t wait. Maybe next time. What can I bring? If I feel better, I will be there. Finally the day arrived. Preparations began early. The ham was put into the oven. Potato salad, … Continue reading “The Germ who Came to Dinner”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1605,"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/1605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tutavo.com\/Kachina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}