The trees haven't decided yet (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, April 29)

The trees haven't decided yet (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, April 29)

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 04/29/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The mud's drying. The trees haven't decided yet. The dogs have. It was Wednesday, April 29th. It was chillier than it should be in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the morning watch out of the Phone-In-The-Hand Task Force. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy. A man had been refreshing his email since six A.M. The robins were going. He hadn't heard them." 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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