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Dec 5, 2023Liked by Mark Starlin

Tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe? Cause the free wind is blowing through my hair and I can do this all night.

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I actually wrote a story based on the lyrics of that song. I will post it someday.

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These are all a delight! The DMV story had me laughing out loud. 🤣

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Thanks, Justin. You have obviously been to the DMV. 🤣

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It gets more and more painful every time. 🤣

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Ahhh...! The DMV! How many stories it generates.

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Countless, I’m sure. Thanks, John. 🤓

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Pedro is a naughty boy who writes hooligan poetry. I would love to see some of his fiction.

Loved the Quest and the hero's success at the DMV. Not unlike Beowulf.

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Pedro’s fiction is surprisingly similar to mine. Life is full of quests.

Thanks, Sharron. 🤓

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I loved your walk! And Pedro too

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Thanks, Elizabeth. I appreciate it, and you reading. 🤓

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I really enjoyed I Once Started Walking, Mark! That's a lot of beef jerky for a walk in the desert. : )

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Dec 4, 2023·edited Dec 4, 2023Author

It was a long walk. 🤣 Thanks, James.

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Dec 4, 2023Liked by Mark Starlin

I can never stay ahead of you!

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Get a nameless horse. 😉

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Dec 4, 2023Liked by Mark Starlin

I tried that once but it was untameable. Hence, I never named it. After nine days, I let the horse run free.

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because the desert had turned to sea...

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Funny how those lyrics get burned into your head. 🤓

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Now you drive a metal horse on the Ventura Highway in the sunshine.

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LOL. Thanks for bringing some humor into one of the more annoying aspects of vehicle ownership ...

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Thanks, Cork. I do it online as often as possible. But ours has gotten faster.

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“He replied, “It has no name.”

Totally tickled my funny bone. 😱🤣

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Thanks, 3. The desert is a funny place. 😉

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Thinking of St. Exioery and his little prince.

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I haven’t read that. I will put it on my list.

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I think I’m going to put it on my Christmas list. Seems like a book O reference often enough that I should have a physical copy on hand.

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Yes, cats are like that. Stella, our Maine coon cat, prefers to be an assassin.

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Our cat didn’t go to cat school. He doesn’t meow; he chirps like a bird. And he likes people. 🤣

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Yeah. He likes people if they have Squeeze-ups in their pocket.

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It’s more, “Pet me, pet me, scratch my head.”

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How about the old "flop-and-roll-rub-my-belly move?

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That too. But “Brush me,” is his favorite.

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I enjoyed Once Started Walking .... here's to great daydreamers. By the way your cat's a good poet.

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I am a certified daydreamer. 🤣 Thanks, but I won’t tell my cat you like his poetry. It will just go to his head. 😉

Thanks, Joan.

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I hope the Shredder is subscribed to Raymond's Pawdcast.

https://sharronbassano.substack.com/p/pawed-cast-up-all-night-with-raymond

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Dec 4, 2023·edited Dec 4, 2023Author

I wouldn’t let those two get together. I think they would just get up to no good. Or have napping contests.

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Dec 4, 2023Liked by Mark Starlin

I Once Started Walking might be my fave yet. And I have a lot of faves from you. I love it when you include stories and lines from past songs in your writing. I am inside reading and writing today. It feels good to be out of the rain.

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I see what you did there. Some people quote movie lines. I quote song lyrics. Thanks, Cyn. 🤓

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