Cream typewriter-paper background with the closing paragraph centered in monospace ink: ‘A woman was scraping her windshield with a library card. The scraper was in the trunk. Murph knew. Murph doesn’t lie. He also doesn’t volunteer.’ Dated 10/23/26.

A Library Card for the Windshield (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 23)

Erin Wood
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Today's field note from Sgt. Puppy and the morning watch at Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.

Typewriter-style note on cream paper, dated 10/23/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: ‘This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. Skim ice on the water bowl this morning. The humans checked the forecast. The dogs checked the bowl. It was Friday, October 23rd. It was cold and bright in Camp Puppy Haven, frost on the windshields till nine. We were working the morning watch out of Ice Scraper Recovery. My partner’s Murph. The boss is Lieutenant Soot. My name’s Puppy. A woman was scraping her windshield with a library card. The scraper was in the trunk. Murph knew. Murph doesn’t lie. He also doesn’t volunteer.’ Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. Skim ice on the water bowl this morning. The humans checked the forecast. The dogs checked the bowl.

It was Friday, October 23rd. It was cold and bright in Camp Puppy Haven, frost on the windshields till nine. We were working the morning watch out of Ice Scraper Recovery. My partner’s Murph. The boss is Lieutenant Soot. My name’s Puppy.

A woman was scraping her windshield with a library card. The scraper was in the trunk. Murph knew. Murph doesn’t lie. He also doesn’t volunteer.


Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes are published most weekday mornings.

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