I almost gave up this journal, but now I see there are some people who actually read it. This knowledge encourages me to continue. As far back as I can remember, I've always enjoyed writing. However, I had a bad experience with "Publish America" last year. They promised they would publish and promote my book, [link] "Mijo." They didn't. Instead, they wanted me to buy multiple copies of my own book so that I would sell them to people myself. After that, I almost gave up writing. Now, I'm trying to get into writing again and morph that energy into maybe creating a new book. Certainly, the publisher won't be Publish America when I am ready to publish it! Stay away from them!

During breakfast this morning, my wife [link] Barbara and I discussed our investment strategies and how we'll be handling [link] stocks for this week. She told me all about the projects she's working on at her office. She updated me on what's happening with the people at her medical research lab. I told her all about what is happening at the cancer research center where I volunteer some hours. I share this with you at DA because I think one of the reasons we've been able to be married for 28 years is because we share everything with each other every day. We don't have separate bank accounts. There is no "yours" or "mine." Neither of us would watch TV and make the other a TV widow. So we limit the few shows we watch to those shows we enjoy seeing together.

On February 6th at 4:30 AM, while it was raining, I got up to take some [link] photographs in Pasadena, California. I had the streets to myself with no cars or people around. I tried waking Barbara, but couldn't. So, I went by myself. It was a beautiful morning.

During the weekend, it was my friend [link] Julie's birthday and we went bar-hopping in Long Beach. She took me to the [link] Queen Mary at night where I captured its golden reflection.

Yesterday evening, I played Scrabble with Barbara. We don't play to win against each other. Instead, we play to make the most combined total points.

It's been raining all day. My black cat Panther decided to go outside for some fresh air. When he heard a crashing thunderclap, his feet moved fast, like they do in cartoons, and had a hard time getting traction to get back into the house through his cat door. He then stayed on my lap for the rest of the afternoon.

I have no idea what I will photograph this week. An opportunity will present itself.






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