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Spring Was Right There (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 8)

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 05/08/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. I froze last night. The dogs don't mind. The humans mind plenty. It was Friday, May 8th. It was warming in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the day watch out of the Present Tense Patrol. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy. A man had been rewriting the same email for an hour. The screen door was open. Spring was right there, if only..." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. I froze last night. The dogs don't mind. The humans mind plenty.

It was Friday, May 8th. It was warming in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the day watch out of the Present Tense Patrol. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy.

A man had been rewriting the same email for an hour. The screen door was open. Spring was right there, if only...


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

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