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We Were Already in It (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 9)

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 07/09/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The lake at the bottom of the hill. The fan in the store window. The shade that crosses the porch by two. Every cool thing in town has an address. The dogs have the map. It was Thursday, July 9th. It was eighty-seven and hazy in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the day watch out of the Shade Allocation Bureau. My partner's Dave. He's new. The boss is Lieutenant Hatch. My name's Puppy. A woman stood in the sun checking her phone for the temperature. The shade was ten feet away. We were already in it." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The lake at the bottom of the hill. The fan in the store window. The shade that crosses the porch by two. Every cool thing in town has an address. The dogs have the map.

It was Thursday, July 9th. It was eighty-seven and hazy in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the day watch out of the Shade Allocation Bureau. My partner's Dave. He's new. The boss is Lieutenant Hatch. My name's Puppy.

A woman stood in the sun checking her phone for the temperature. The shade was ten feet away. We were already in it.


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

Read the full series at Camp Puppy Haven.

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