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Only One of Them Was Calm (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, June 17)

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 06/17/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "Someone stacked next winter's wood already. It's June. They look at it every morning through the kitchen window. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. It was Wednesday, June 17th. It was warm in Camp Puppy Haven, a storm coming by afternoon. We were working the day watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Lieutenant Birch. My name's Puppy. A woman was watching the incoming weather on their phone. The dog had heard it twenty miles out. Only one of them was calm." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Someone stacked next winter's wood already. It's June. They look at it every morning through the kitchen window. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.

It was Wednesday, June 17th. It was warm in Camp Puppy Haven, a storm coming by afternoon. We were working the day watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Lieutenant Birch. My name's Puppy.

A woman was watching the incoming weather on their phone. The dog had heard it twenty miles out. Only one of them was calm.


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.

Be That Dog — Pup Face Tee

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Feel Better. THiNK LiKE A DOG. One line, one dog, three words. A minimalist pup face drawn in a single clean line above BE THAT DOG. The reminder in its quietest form: show up, stay curious, forgive fast. Why you'll… read more

Be That Dog — Pup Face Tee

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