{"id":6345,"date":"2011-05-26T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=6345"},"modified":"2017-06-21T08:34:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T12:34:49","slug":"chaccident-tcluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/chaccident-tcluster\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles by Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Listen to Wes McNair Reading the Poem<\/strong>\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\"      controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/chasaccident-markup.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\" \/>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/td>\n<td><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Charles by Accident<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Initial Exploration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Named Charlie for the relaxed<br \/>\ncompanionship we expected,<br \/>\nhe became Charles for his butler-like<br \/>\nobedience, though he went off-dutythe morning my wife walked back<br \/>\nfrom the mailbox watching him toss<br \/>\nwhat looked like a red sock<br \/>\ngloriously into the air,seeing it was actually the cardinal<br \/>\nshe had been feed ing all winter.<br \/>\nWhy did she scream like that<br \/>\nwas the question his whole,<\/p>\n<p>horrified body seemed to ask, just<br \/>\nbefore he disappeared, back soon<br \/>\nat the door, black coat, white collar,<br \/>\nall ready to serve us: who was<\/p>\n<p>that other dog, anyway? Who,<br \/>\non the other hand, was this one,<br \/>\nchosen at the pound for his breed<br \/>\nand small size, now grown into three<\/p>\n<p>or four different kinds of large<br \/>\ndogs stuck together. It wasn\u2019t his fault,<br \/>\nof course, that in the end he wasn\u2019t<br \/>\nCharlie, or even, considering it the way<\/p>\n<p>he barked at guests and sniffed them.<br \/>\nCharles exactly. Besides, it couldn\u2019t<br \/>\nhave been easy to be whatever<br \/>\nsort of dog he was. Part retriever,<\/p>\n<p>he spent his winters biting ice,<br \/>\nand summers dirt out of his tufted paws.<br \/>\nPart Collie, all he ever got to herd<br \/>\nwere two faux sheep: a wire haired terrier<\/p>\n<p>that bit him back and a cat that turned<br \/>\nand ran up trees. An accidental sheep-dog,<br \/>\nCharles by accident, and our dog only<br \/>\nafter hed been disowned, he understood<\/p>\n<p>that life is all missed connections<br \/>\nand Plan B\u2014that reason why, perhaps,<br \/>\nno one could quite pat him or say<br \/>\ngood boy enough, and why sometimes,<\/p>\n<p>asleep, he mourned, working his legs<br \/>\nas if running to a place he could never<br \/>\nreach, beyond Charles or any other<br \/>\nway we could think of to call him.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp1-876x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12414\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp1-876x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp1-876x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp1-876x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp1-876x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr1-876x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12415\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr1-876x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr1-876x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr1-876x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr1-876x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Transitions and Structure<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp2-866x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12416\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp2-866x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp2-866x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp2-866x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp2-866x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr2-866x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12417\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr2-866x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr2-866x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr2-866x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr2-866x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Endings and Line Breaks<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Notebook Page 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12418\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-nbp3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Transcript 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12419\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/chaccident-ovr3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-6345\" data-postid=\"6345\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-6345 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image and audio objects for teaching the poem &#8220;Charles by Accident&#8221; 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