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We Watched from the Screen Door (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 22)

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 05/22/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The trees leafed out overnight. The wasps came with them. It was Friday, May 22nd. It was warm and buggy in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the day watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Biscuit. My name's Puppy. A man was trying to enjoy his coffee on the porch. The wasps were trying to enjoy the man. Murph and I watched from the screen door." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The trees leafed out overnight. The wasps came with them.

It was Friday, May 22nd. It was warm and buggy in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the day watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Biscuit. My name's Puppy.

A man was trying to enjoy his coffee on the porch. The wasps were trying to enjoy the man. Murph and I watched from the screen door.


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

Read the full series at Camp Puppy Haven.

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