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Not Thinking About Anything (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, June 2)

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 06/02/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: 'People drive up here looking for something. Most of them brought what they were trying to leave. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. It was Tuesday, June 2nd. The black flies were thinning out in Camp Puppy Haven, but the mosquitoes were just getting started. We were working the evening watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Doris. The boss is Commander Hatch. My name's Puppy. A man was sitting on the porch thinking about his life. His dog was sitting next to him, not thinking about anything. We started with the dog.' Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

People drive up here looking for something. Most of them brought what they were trying to leave. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.

It was Tuesday, June 2nd. The black flies were thinning out in Camp Puppy Haven, but the mosquitoes were just getting started. We were working the evening watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Doris. The boss is Commander Hatch. My name's Puppy.

A man was sitting on the porch thinking about his life. His dog was sitting next to him, not thinking about anything. We started with the dog.


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.

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