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She acted like it was news. It wasn't. (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, April 30)

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 04/30/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The trees haven't leafed out yet. The humans keep checking. The dogs do not. It was Thursday, April 30th. It was misty in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the morning watch out of Manure Spreader Surveillance. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy. A woman was on the porch of her Airbnb with coffee. The smell hit at seven sharp. She acted like it was news. It wasn't." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The trees haven't leafed out yet. The humans keep checking. The dogs do not.

It was Thursday, April 30th. It was misty in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the morning watch out of Manure Spreader Surveillance. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy.

A woman was on the porch of her Airbnb with coffee. The smell hit at seven sharp. She acted like it was news. It wasn't.

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

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