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He Went Inside for a Pencil (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, September 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 09/23/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. Fog in the valley until nine. The store sits at the bottom of it. The hill road runs above it, in the sun the whole time. Up top: the woodshed, the clothesline, the dogs. It was Wednesday, September 23rd. It was cool and bright in Camp Puppy Haven, the fog burning off by mid-morning. We were working the morning watch out of Woodshed Inventory Detail. My partner's Murph. The boss is Commander Hazel. My name's Puppy. A man counted his wood twice and got two different answers. He went inside for a pencil. The wood was the same either way." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. Fog in the valley until nine. The store sits at the bottom of it. The hill road runs above it, in the sun the whole time. Up top: the woodshed, the clothesline, the dogs.

It was Wednesday, September 23rd. It was cool and bright in Camp Puppy Haven, the fog burning off by mid-morning. We were working the morning watch out of Woodshed Inventory Detail. My partner's Murph. The boss is Commander Hazel. My name's Puppy.

A man counted his wood twice and got two different answers. He went inside for a pencil. The wood was the same either way.


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

Read the full series at Camp Puppy Haven.

Standard issue at Camp Puppy Haven: tees, sweatshirts, and hoodies for the humans on morning watch.

Camp Puppy Haven Vermont Crewneck Sweatshirt

$34.99

CAMP PUPPY HAVEN / VERMONT, stacked in three tiers across the chest. One color, nothing else on the sweatshirt.Printed on the Gildan 18000, a pre-shrunk 50/50 crewneck with a soft air-jet spun face and no pocket or hood to work… read more

Camp Puppy Haven Vermont Crewneck Sweatshirt


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