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The Sun Had Come Out. She Hadn't. (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 7)

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 05/07/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. Spiders are emerging. The grass came in overnight. The dogs noticed first. It was Thursday, May 7th. It was warming in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the morning watch out of the Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy. A woman was sitting in her kitchen reading the news on her phone. The sun had come out. She hadn't." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. Spiders are emerging. The grass came in overnight. The dogs noticed first.

It was Thursday, May 7th. It was warming in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the morning watch out of the Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy.

A woman was sitting in her kitchen reading the news on her phone. The sun had come out. She hadn't.


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

Read the full series at Camp Puppy Haven.

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