{"id":419,"date":"2018-10-08T01:24:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T01:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/?p=419"},"modified":"2018-08-25T20:30:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T20:30:54","slug":"poetry-by-sarah-bigham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/2018\/10\/08\/poetry-by-sarah-bigham\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry by Sarah Bigham"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sarah Bigham teaches, writes, and paints in the United States. A Pushcart nominee, Sarah\u2019s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in a variety of great places for readers, writers, and listeners. Find her at www.sgbigham.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Recipes I have never made<\/h3>\n

Hardtack<\/strong> from a cookbook I insisted on buying at an historic grist mill, despite my attempt at a gluten-free \u201clifestyle\u201d in the hopes of improving multiple health conditions (a complete failure).<\/p>\n

Oatmeal Griddlecakes with Cider Sauce<\/strong> from the B&B where my wife and I got married, and the food was delicious, but I feared that making any of the recipes myself might somehow spoil my magical memories.<\/p>\n

Newt\u2019s Hamburger Casserole<\/strong> from the second edition of an advice columnist\u2019s \u201ccookbooklet\u201d recipe collection that I kept on a kitchen shelf for years, thinking that someday I might need to use it for some kind of hostess emergency.<\/p>\n

No Peekie Stew<\/strong> from edition one, with a notation that this dish is popular with men and could be served over white bread instead of the noodles listed in the recipe.<\/p>\n

Sister Mildred\u2019s Creamed Potatoes<\/strong> from a cookbook I excitedly bought at the bookstore of the only Shaker community with living members.<\/p>\n

Blue-Ribbon Black-Powder Buttermilk Biscuits<\/strong> from a gorgeous book produced by the owners of an incredibly remote restaurant in Utah that we happened upon after exploring national parks.<\/p>\n

I gaze longingly at the luscious pictures as I nuke a dispiriting leftover takeout meal.<\/p>\n

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The accounting<\/h3>\n

I.
\nThe silence befuddles some. Why no outcry, or reporting? The pit of guilt, dark and lonely. Unwanted advances from a man supposed to be a mentor, more than 50 years her senior. Who and what to tell? Quiet. Swallowed.<\/p>\n

II.
\n#metoo<\/p>\n

III.
\nConvictions say speak. Obituary says dead.<\/p>\n

IV.
\nMedia coverage beatifies. So many photos with young women, kindness in their eyes.<\/p>\n

V.
\nA second shame, wondering if her voice could have prevented others from planting their own gardens of guilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sarah Bigham teaches, writes, and paints in the United States. A Pushcart nominee, Sarah\u2019s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in a variety of great places for readers, writers, and listeners. Find her at www.sgbigham.com.   Recipes I have never made Hardtack from a cookbook I insisted on buying at an historic grist mill, despite … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa867U-6L","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}