{"id":2149,"date":"2012-04-27T14:43:04","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T18:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2013-10-30T19:12:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T23:12:48","slug":"mcnair-to-hall-june-18-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-june-18-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"McNair to Hall: June 18, 1982"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background: white; float: left;\"><a class=\"shutterset\" title=\"Letter from McNair to Hall, June 18, 1982, Page 1, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire\" href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/04\/McNair-Hall-19820618-001-unh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2078 alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid gray; background: white;\" alt=\"Letter from McNair to Hall, June 18, 1982, Page 1, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/04\/McNair-Hall-19820618-001-unh.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><a class=\"shutterset\" title=\"Letter from McNair to Hall, June 18, 1982, Page 2, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire\" href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/04\/McNair-Hall-19820618-002-unh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2078 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px none; background: white; display: none;\" alt=\"Letter from McNair to Hall, June 18, 1982, Page 2, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/04\/McNair-Hall-19820618-002-unh.jpg\" \/><\/a><a class=\"shutterset\" title=\"Letter from McNair to Hall, June 18, 1982, Page 3, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire\" href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/04\/McNair-Hall-19820618-003-unh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2078 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px none; background: white; display: none;\" alt=\"Letter from McNair to Hall, June 18, 1982, Page 3, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/04\/McNair-Hall-19820618-003-unh.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">[Click image to view]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: white; padding-left: 30px;\">June 18, 1982<\/p>\n<p>Dear Don,<\/p>\n<p>Will you please let me know<br \/>\nif you think the enclosed is<br \/>\nready?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Wes<\/p>\n<p>WHEN PAUL FLEW AWAY<\/p>\n<p>It was the same as always,<br \/>\nPaul opening the big, black lung<br \/>\nof it while the cats watched<br \/>\nfrom under the stove,<br \/>\nbut when he closed<br \/>\nhis eyes and began to sink<br \/>\ndown between the straps<br \/>\nof his bib-overalls,<br \/>\nit was like he died. Except<br \/>\nthe accordion was still breathing<br \/>\na waltz between his hands,<br \/>\nexcept he called back<br \/>\nto us every so often<br \/>\nfrom wherever he was, shit.<br \/>\nWhich meant everything<br \/>\nhe had ever known<br \/>\nin his life up to that<br \/>\nmoment, but this song.<br \/>\nNot some sock-drawer<br \/>\nmusic of getting a tune out<br \/>\nand then rummaging<br \/>\nfor the chord to match,<br \/>\nbut together, exactly like<br \/>\nhe was breathing the thing<br \/>\nhimself. No stomping<br \/>\neither, just Paul twisting<br \/>\nlike he was after some deep<br \/>\nitch, only right then<br \/>\nhe was starting to lift<br \/>\nout of his chair. Slowly<br \/>\nat first, like flypaper<br \/>\nin a small breeze, then<br \/>\nthe whole enormous weight<br \/>\nof him over the sink. God,<br \/>\nhe was happy, and I<br \/>\nand the kids was laughing<br \/>\nand happy, when all<br \/>\nat once it come to me,<br \/>\nthis is it. Paul is leaving<br \/>\nthe old Barcolounger<br \/>\nstuck in second<br \/>\nposition, and the tv on top<br \/>\nof the tv that don\u2019t<br \/>\nwork, and all my hand-paintings<br \/>\nof strawberries as if he never<br \/>\nsaid this would be Strawberry Farm.<br \/>\nHey! I said out in the yard<br \/>\nbecause he was already going<br \/>\nright over the roof<br \/>\nof the goat-shed, pumping<br \/>\nthat song. What about you<br \/>\nand me? And Paul<br \/>\njust got farther and smaller<br \/>\nuntil he looked like a kid<br \/>\nunfolding paper dolls over<br \/>\nand over, or like<br \/>\nhe was clapping slowly<br \/>\nat himself, and then<br \/>\nlike he was opening up the wings<br \/>\nof some wild, black bird<br \/>\nhe had made friends with<br \/>\njust before he disappeared<br \/>\ninto the sky above the clouds<br \/>\nover all of Wisconsin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2149\" data-postid=\"2149\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2149 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Click image to view] June 18, 1982 Dear Don, Will you please let me know if you think the enclosed is ready? 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