Lately, I haven't written much about anything else besides The Henderson Press, my DVD reviews, my newfound, but probably long-simmering, love of sandwiches, and my new lifetime goal of reading all the Star Trek novels available. It's because over the past few weeks, up to spring break this week, Dad has been at work at La Mesa Junior High and the weekends are really when we do anything, but then it's just errands which aren't always worth writing about. I can find a story in anything, but over myriad visits to Walmart Supercenter and various supermarkets, we just know what we need to get and then we go. No real need to observe what's around me because I've seen it all before, with the long lines, the one line at the Redbox machine, kids spread around the store, whichever one we're at, and more. There's less personal value in it for me because I know all this too well. Meanwhile, once we get to Henderson, with Las Vegas nearby, I know I can flood this blog with stories for years on end. If you can't write in Las Vegas, then you should quit. I will never quit.
There was something telling today when we went out, though. The food court has begun to change in the Westfield Valencia mall. Kato Japan, which we've known for years as what we pass when we enter the mall through the food court and that we've tried once or twice, is gone. The former location has a black curtain across it. The sign has been either taken down or covered up in the same black fabric. On the second floor of the mall, right when you get off the escalator that's across from the mall's main entrance, there used to be a dog shop, with dogs in cages behind plastic windows. It closed last year and was replaced by a motorcycle accessory shop, which has also closed. On our way back to the food court from the Shops at The Patios (as the area is called), where we went to see if any new eateries had opened up before we four fully decided on the food court (Mom and Dad were waiting at the food court while we checked), Meridith and I saw that the motorcycle shop was gone, yet there were black plastic curtains covering the windows from behind, with a slight view right down the middle at the entrance. We peeked in and found that there's going to be an arcade there, and someone was inside, installing one of the machines. No pinball machines from the little I could see, but it makes sense. The only arcade in the Westfield Valencia shopping district is next to Edwards Valencia 12, called Full Tilt, and it's a sad-looking arcade, with the machines perpetually on sale, with price tags stuck to them.
My only question is: How does the mall plan to manage this? I can already sense occasional fights among teenagers, and kids hanging about for hours, so what's the plan? It's probably why I didn't see an arcade at Galleria at Sunset in Henderson. Security at the mall doesn't want the added burden of that, although kids are much more polite in Henderson than they are in Valencia. They're more genuine too.
While Meridith had a salad from Burger King, Mom a Whopper, me a Double Whopper, and Dad something from Panda Express, I noted how when we live somewhere for many years, nothing really changes in the area. And when something does, such as a furniture store being replaced by a bank, as it was next to the Sheriff's station near the mall, it's so subtle that it doesn't mean anything. But now, with the makeup of the food court changing, with two as-yet unclaimed spaces that have been boarded up for some time, with an arcade going into the mall where I'm sure no one expected one (though I'm sure the owners are going to get some good business from it), it's clear that massive changes only happen when we're getting ready to move.
Another case in point is when we went to Big Lots in Canyon Country before we went to pick up Tigger and Kitty from Precious Pets Grooming. Every single time we've gone there, from the first time to the time before this one, when Big Lots was offering 30% off items on a Sunday in early March, I've always struggled with how many DVDs and books to get, based on what interested me. I spent a lot of time each time counting books, counting DVDs, gauging my interest in every title I held. Some I kept because I absolutely needed to read it, such as Never Break the Chain: Fleetwood Mac and the Making of Rumours, and some I gave up, like Slam by Nick Hornby, because I still wanted to read A Long Way Down and wasn't ready yet for Slam. I know one doesn't lead to the other, but I've got to really want to read a book and I didn't want that one yet.
Today at Big Lots, for the first time ever, I bought nothing. I had picked up I Know I Am, But What Are You? by Samantha Bee, and That's Entertainment! III, and Michael Clayton, and carried them as I looked at an utterly devastating book section, but decided that I didn't need them so badly. I thought of watching Michael Clayton to see how Tony Gilroy is as a director before The Bourne Legacy comes out, but it doesn't matter; I'm still going to see The Bourne Legacy. Samantha Bee's book seems more like a read from a library, and I bought That's Entertainment! because of the crumbling MGM backgrounds, showing the stark reality of Hollywood, while actors like Fred Astaire and Esther Williams introduce clips. I don't think I'd find the same in That's Entertainment! III, since that came out in 1994, well after the MGM lots had been sold off, which is why they were in such a state of disrepair in the first movie. I like watching reality puncture Hollywood puffery.
That I walked through the book section--picking up one book, briefly reading the inside flap, and putting it back not five seconds after, with the process repeated a few times--without picking up anything that I really wanted to buy, shows the sorry supply at Big Lots right now. I don't know if it will change, because there were at least 10 copies of the extended two-disc set of Peter Jackson's King Kong, at least 15 copies of The Astronaut Farmer starring Billy Bob Thornton, and I lost count of how many SpongeBob DVDs I saw. No Star Trek DVDs that I had hoped to find, which was really worrisome because there was a slew of them when I wasn't looking for them three visits ago. But there were the same Star Trek figurines from the latest movie that were there last time, yet still no model of the Enterprise. Shouldn't that be part of this collection of figurines? I have no favorites among that group in the movie, but I do love that starship.
Disappointing as it was not to find one book or DVD that I just had to have, I'm happy at this development because things always change when we're getting ready to move, besides the moving part, life will change, and this time, it will be for the best and greatest, as high as those adjectives can go. It makes me wonder what else might change in this valley before we leave. It's bound to happen more and more. That's just the way it works.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Tidbits from the Fifth Issue of The Henderson Press
New year, continuing evolution of The Henderson Press. To start, there's some new writers in this fifth issue, which is Vol. 1, No. 5., December 30, 2010 to January 14, 2011. In the staff list as contributing reporters are Jack Bulavsky, Don Logay, Royal Hopper (I love that name!), and Frances Vanderploeg (as if there isn't enough to attract me to Henderson, people there have unique last names). On the front page, Vanderploeg's article is about Santa visiting Robert Taylor Elementary School on Saturday, December 18. I had to get used to Vanderploeg's writing style, reminding myself that The Henderson Press is split into sections across its pages, but at times, hard news can mingle with what could be considered feature articles, such as this one. So reading this sentence on the front page, "You can't say Santa doesn't have style -- since his reindeer were resting in preparation of Christmas," was jarring at first, but it's a community newspaper, meant to feel like a community, and it does with a story like this, though the writing could obviously be better. Yet an article by Jeremy Twitchell, headlined "Henderson Employees Get Week Off," makes me feel better, knowing that hard news still has a place on the front page, where it belongs.
Here's what else is going on in this issue:
- There's a guitarist and vocalist named Jimmy Limo, who performed at Skyline Restaurant & Casino. The number of musicians in Southern Nevada is staggering, but they're a sliver of what keeps the area interesting.
- Don Logay's article about torrential rains raising the water level at Lake Las Vegas is one of the best articles I've read in The Henderson Press thus far. He has a curt writing style, more ramrod straight than Twitchell, which would be off-putting, except that he seeks out details as well as Twitchell does. He knows where the story is, and how to keep it interesting. I hope he lasts.
- Ok, that's just freaky. In my previous entry about The Henderson Press, I said, "I hope there's a full-on profile about Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe in a future issue." There is, in this issue. It's a full profile, about the origins of the Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe, as well as the 60 "individually scented soap bars" sold there, including Mango Gelato and Ginger Crumb Cake. This is my favorite part of the article by Fred Couzens:
"For the food-like soaps, called soap souffles, there's the added step of making the colorful cookies, berries, whipped cream and graham crackers that turns ordinary soap into a [sic] artful centerpiece that imitates the real thing."
Unfortunately, Couzens doesn't elaborate on this, such as if the soap can be used, and how that "added step" is done.
- On page 14 is a photo of the Floating Ice Rink at Montelago Village Resort, taken by a photographer associated with the property. I wish they included the name of that photographer because they know how to take atmospheric early evening photos. I'd want this framed.
- Royal Hopper is either the actual person in charge of the opinion page, or is either a pseudonym for someone who is. I lean toward the former, because considering how hard the reporters work at their articles, I doubt any of them would have time to oversee this page. But the name does seem like a pseudonym at first.
- On a page of the coupon section, there's two coupons from Villa Pizza, one for two large cheese pizzas for $26.95, and a large cheese pizza and wings for $28.95. For those prices, that had better be damn good cheesy pizza, with a lot of cheese, and wings.
- The back page is an ad for Lakes Discount Outlet at 1110 E. Lake Mead Parkway, "Up to 90% Off Brand-Name Clothing." My almost year-round wardrobe is jeans and pop culture t-shirts. Maybe they have decent sweatshirts and jeans there. I'd go there at least once.
I'm not making any hopeful predictions for the next issue like that apparently accurate one for a profile of the Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe. But I am hoping for another article by Don Logay. If he can make rainfall sound interesting, I wonder what he can do with desert heat. Maybe that happens in a future issue.
Here's what else is going on in this issue:
- There's a guitarist and vocalist named Jimmy Limo, who performed at Skyline Restaurant & Casino. The number of musicians in Southern Nevada is staggering, but they're a sliver of what keeps the area interesting.
- Don Logay's article about torrential rains raising the water level at Lake Las Vegas is one of the best articles I've read in The Henderson Press thus far. He has a curt writing style, more ramrod straight than Twitchell, which would be off-putting, except that he seeks out details as well as Twitchell does. He knows where the story is, and how to keep it interesting. I hope he lasts.
- Ok, that's just freaky. In my previous entry about The Henderson Press, I said, "I hope there's a full-on profile about Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe in a future issue." There is, in this issue. It's a full profile, about the origins of the Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe, as well as the 60 "individually scented soap bars" sold there, including Mango Gelato and Ginger Crumb Cake. This is my favorite part of the article by Fred Couzens:
"For the food-like soaps, called soap souffles, there's the added step of making the colorful cookies, berries, whipped cream and graham crackers that turns ordinary soap into a [sic] artful centerpiece that imitates the real thing."
Unfortunately, Couzens doesn't elaborate on this, such as if the soap can be used, and how that "added step" is done.
- On page 14 is a photo of the Floating Ice Rink at Montelago Village Resort, taken by a photographer associated with the property. I wish they included the name of that photographer because they know how to take atmospheric early evening photos. I'd want this framed.
- Royal Hopper is either the actual person in charge of the opinion page, or is either a pseudonym for someone who is. I lean toward the former, because considering how hard the reporters work at their articles, I doubt any of them would have time to oversee this page. But the name does seem like a pseudonym at first.
- On a page of the coupon section, there's two coupons from Villa Pizza, one for two large cheese pizzas for $26.95, and a large cheese pizza and wings for $28.95. For those prices, that had better be damn good cheesy pizza, with a lot of cheese, and wings.
- The back page is an ad for Lakes Discount Outlet at 1110 E. Lake Mead Parkway, "Up to 90% Off Brand-Name Clothing." My almost year-round wardrobe is jeans and pop culture t-shirts. Maybe they have decent sweatshirts and jeans there. I'd go there at least once.
I'm not making any hopeful predictions for the next issue like that apparently accurate one for a profile of the Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe. But I am hoping for another article by Don Logay. If he can make rainfall sound interesting, I wonder what he can do with desert heat. Maybe that happens in a future issue.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
The Most Famous Blackjack Player in the World Profiled by One of the World's Greatest Journalists
David Wagner, who's currently in the thick of an A-to-Z blogging challenge, steered me to The Atlantic's profile of Don Johnson, the most famous blackjack player in the world. I'd never heard of Johnson, because my knowledge of gambling and casinos is limited to Las Vegas and surrounding areas by choice, being that I will be home in Henderson in the next few months, with easy access to Las Vegas. I've learned a little bit about Atlantic City by way of Super Casino: Inside the "New" Las Vegas by Pete Earley, which, in writing about the history of Mirage Resorts, along with the history of Circus Circus Enterprises, has a few pages about casino mogul Steve Wynn's experience in Atlantic City, running the Golden Nugget, as well as Las Vegas initially losing huge chunks of revenue when casinos opened in Atlantic City, since east coast Vegas visitors didn't have to go far for a casino.
The profile is impressive, about someone who has studied blackjack closely, and not by card-counting. When I started reading it, I didn't even see who wrote it. But at the bottom, there was "Mark Bowden is a national correspondent for The Atlantic," and I should have known. Bowden is one of the greatest journalists in the history of journalism. He not only can find the story, but can unearth details that few other journalists even think to write about. His books are much the same way, with attention fully focused on those he writes about. He is merely the tour guide, subtly pointing out to us what we should know, not having to jump up and down and wave his arms wildly to do it. When he does refer to himself in a story, it's for the story, not himself. And whatever he writes, you can be sure that you'll be grabbed and held tightly to the story from the first word to the last.
Read about Don Johnson, and pay no attention to the journalist behind the curtain. He's all about the story, and you will be too.
The profile is impressive, about someone who has studied blackjack closely, and not by card-counting. When I started reading it, I didn't even see who wrote it. But at the bottom, there was "Mark Bowden is a national correspondent for The Atlantic," and I should have known. Bowden is one of the greatest journalists in the history of journalism. He not only can find the story, but can unearth details that few other journalists even think to write about. His books are much the same way, with attention fully focused on those he writes about. He is merely the tour guide, subtly pointing out to us what we should know, not having to jump up and down and wave his arms wildly to do it. When he does refer to himself in a story, it's for the story, not himself. And whatever he writes, you can be sure that you'll be grabbed and held tightly to the story from the first word to the last.
Read about Don Johnson, and pay no attention to the journalist behind the curtain. He's all about the story, and you will be too.
My DVD Reviews So Far
At David Wagner's request, and to make it easier for those of you who haven't read them yet, here's the DVD reviews I've written so far for Movie Gazette Online, in chronological order:
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
The Presidents
In Their Own Words
Adam-12: The Final Season
A World of Ideas: Writers
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
The Presidents
In Their Own Words
Adam-12: The Final Season
A World of Ideas: Writers
Tidbits from the Fourth Issue of The Henderson Press
Volume 1, No. 4. December 10 - December 30, 2010. It doesn't look like much can be made of the holidays beyond advertisements, because of when this Henderson Press issue was produced, but let's see what there is here:
- There's a story about an uptick in holiday sales in November. I forgot about that. I love the section in this article about Susan Moyer, one half of the Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe on 147 Water St. with her sister, Mary Romero, "who made an oatmeal soap bar for her brother 10 years ago because he couldn't find a decent soap for his sensitive skin. From there, soap making grew into a business." I hope there's a full-on profile about Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe in a future issue. I don't know if The Henderson Press would do anything like that, because it would basically be free advertising, but they are part of the community, and there should be much written about the community. Plus, that background story is really interesting. I'm sure there's more to write about it.
And yet, there's a full article in this issue about the opening of Hobby Lobby in the Whitney Ranch Center on Sunset Road and Stephanie Street, so a story about the Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe would fit.
- Skyline Restaurant and Casino on 1741 N. Boulder Highway (one block south of Sunset Road), lists in its full-page color ad a $4.95 steak, pork chops, or 16oz. ham special, including eggs, potatoes, and toast, served all day; and "12 Days of Christmas Giveaway!", December 13th to 24th.
- The materials picked up as part of Henderson's Enhanced Recycling Program (which means pickups every week instead of every two weeks) go to a North Las Vegas facility operated by Evergreen Recycling for processing. No griping here about it not being kept local because in Southern Nevada, we're nearly all close enough to be considered local. It doesn't take long to get from Henderson to North Las Vegas and then Las Vegas proper.
- According to Jenny Twitchell's "Family Matters" column, The M Resort apparently has a giant Christmas tree every year.
- At the Henderson Events Plaza, the mayor of Henderson (Andy Hafen in this case, who runs for a second term in 2013) "officiates lighting the" Christmas tree. The calendar listing says "holiday tree," but it's a Christmas tree. There's no problem with that. Too much holiday sensitivity. Diversity's not a burden.
- The theme of 2010's Henderson WinterFest was "Comic Strip Favorites," which included a production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," a Superman gingerbread house, and Garfield and Friends parade floats, among other things.
- When I read an issue of The Henderson Press last year that Mom and Dad had brought home from their trip, I was impressed by reporter Jeremy Twitchell, who went straight into the matter of an article just like any journalist should. No self-conscious word choices, nothing off-track. He did the work and that was that, and became my favorite reporter. I think in later issues (from the point of this fourth issue), he became the publisher. Deservedly so, if that's true. What's amazing is that in this one issue alone, Twitchell wrote six articles and never showed strain in any of them. All professionally written.
- The Seventh Annual Library Tree Lane Fundraiser for Henderson Libraries was their biggest, raising more than the $21,000 brought in in 2009, possibly going over the goal of $25,000.
- I don't think Dr. Robert Fielden's column, "It's Henderson - Of Course!" will last long. His blog, at www.rafi-nevada.com, listed at the bottom of his column, is now a Chinese site, and I doubt his e-mail address, which uses the same address, is still active. Plus, I don't remember seeing his column in the one issue I read last year. Or if it was there, I probably didn't notice it. I'm sure I'll recognize that particular issue when I see it.
- In the coupons section, the Great Harvest Bread Co. is offering three separate coupons: $1 off a loaf of bread, free cookie with any sandwich purchase, and free jam with $20 minimum bread purchase. I like Panera well enough, but I'd like to try something different. Similar as it seems, this looks like it. Panera sure doesn't offer a free cookie with any sandwich purchase.
- At 2132 Boulder Highway (between South Magic Way and Wagon Wheel Drive) is the simply named "A Barber Shop." I don't need anything fancy for a haircut, so it suits me.
- Wildcat Christmas Trees at the Galleria at Sunset Mall offers $5 off any Christmas tree purchase. I hope the next issue will have an article two about what went on at various holiday festivities.
This one issue is 24 pages. Without pulling out the issues of Escape for which I was the interim editor, I think mine had either 18 or 20 pages every week, maybe even 16 because why would they trust a total neophyte to fill 20 pages? Yet I think I did ok, and 24 pages of The Henderson Press is far more interesting than what the Escape section became long after I left, just a repository for the same things year after year. There's no mind creative enough at The Signal to change that.
My favorite thing about reading these back issues, besides learning more and more about my future hometown, is watching the evolution of The Henderson Press. More Jeremy Twitchell will make it even better.
- There's a story about an uptick in holiday sales in November. I forgot about that. I love the section in this article about Susan Moyer, one half of the Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe on 147 Water St. with her sister, Mary Romero, "who made an oatmeal soap bar for her brother 10 years ago because he couldn't find a decent soap for his sensitive skin. From there, soap making grew into a business." I hope there's a full-on profile about Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe in a future issue. I don't know if The Henderson Press would do anything like that, because it would basically be free advertising, but they are part of the community, and there should be much written about the community. Plus, that background story is really interesting. I'm sure there's more to write about it.
And yet, there's a full article in this issue about the opening of Hobby Lobby in the Whitney Ranch Center on Sunset Road and Stephanie Street, so a story about the Sweet Bubble Soap Cafe would fit.
- Skyline Restaurant and Casino on 1741 N. Boulder Highway (one block south of Sunset Road), lists in its full-page color ad a $4.95 steak, pork chops, or 16oz. ham special, including eggs, potatoes, and toast, served all day; and "12 Days of Christmas Giveaway!", December 13th to 24th.
- The materials picked up as part of Henderson's Enhanced Recycling Program (which means pickups every week instead of every two weeks) go to a North Las Vegas facility operated by Evergreen Recycling for processing. No griping here about it not being kept local because in Southern Nevada, we're nearly all close enough to be considered local. It doesn't take long to get from Henderson to North Las Vegas and then Las Vegas proper.
- According to Jenny Twitchell's "Family Matters" column, The M Resort apparently has a giant Christmas tree every year.
- At the Henderson Events Plaza, the mayor of Henderson (Andy Hafen in this case, who runs for a second term in 2013) "officiates lighting the" Christmas tree. The calendar listing says "holiday tree," but it's a Christmas tree. There's no problem with that. Too much holiday sensitivity. Diversity's not a burden.
- The theme of 2010's Henderson WinterFest was "Comic Strip Favorites," which included a production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," a Superman gingerbread house, and Garfield and Friends parade floats, among other things.
- When I read an issue of The Henderson Press last year that Mom and Dad had brought home from their trip, I was impressed by reporter Jeremy Twitchell, who went straight into the matter of an article just like any journalist should. No self-conscious word choices, nothing off-track. He did the work and that was that, and became my favorite reporter. I think in later issues (from the point of this fourth issue), he became the publisher. Deservedly so, if that's true. What's amazing is that in this one issue alone, Twitchell wrote six articles and never showed strain in any of them. All professionally written.
- The Seventh Annual Library Tree Lane Fundraiser for Henderson Libraries was their biggest, raising more than the $21,000 brought in in 2009, possibly going over the goal of $25,000.
- I don't think Dr. Robert Fielden's column, "It's Henderson - Of Course!" will last long. His blog, at www.rafi-nevada.com, listed at the bottom of his column, is now a Chinese site, and I doubt his e-mail address, which uses the same address, is still active. Plus, I don't remember seeing his column in the one issue I read last year. Or if it was there, I probably didn't notice it. I'm sure I'll recognize that particular issue when I see it.
- In the coupons section, the Great Harvest Bread Co. is offering three separate coupons: $1 off a loaf of bread, free cookie with any sandwich purchase, and free jam with $20 minimum bread purchase. I like Panera well enough, but I'd like to try something different. Similar as it seems, this looks like it. Panera sure doesn't offer a free cookie with any sandwich purchase.
- At 2132 Boulder Highway (between South Magic Way and Wagon Wheel Drive) is the simply named "A Barber Shop." I don't need anything fancy for a haircut, so it suits me.
- Wildcat Christmas Trees at the Galleria at Sunset Mall offers $5 off any Christmas tree purchase. I hope the next issue will have an article two about what went on at various holiday festivities.
This one issue is 24 pages. Without pulling out the issues of Escape for which I was the interim editor, I think mine had either 18 or 20 pages every week, maybe even 16 because why would they trust a total neophyte to fill 20 pages? Yet I think I did ok, and 24 pages of The Henderson Press is far more interesting than what the Escape section became long after I left, just a repository for the same things year after year. There's no mind creative enough at The Signal to change that.
My favorite thing about reading these back issues, besides learning more and more about my future hometown, is watching the evolution of The Henderson Press. More Jeremy Twitchell will make it even better.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
A World of Ideas: Writers Review
I promise my blog won't become a repository of links to my DVD reviews. I've just been pumping them out quick lately. The latest is Bill Moyers' A World of Ideas: Writers.
Over the next few weeks, I plan to, of course, write whatever spurs me on to write, as well as more Henderson Press posts. With there now being a firm time that we'll move, I want to read the rest of the issues of Henderson Press, up to the latest, whenever that might be, and I'm also going to start shrinking my Las Vegas books stack in my room. I've started with Super Casino: Inside the "New" Las Vegas by Pete Earley, and I'm thinking of reading The Desert Rose by Larry McMurtry next. I have a combination of novels and nonfiction books, all about Las Vegas. This will serve as a transition to ransacking the Nevada history sections of my local libraries after I become a Henderson resident. I will learn what there is in these books, and then I want to know everything else, everything from the beginning of Nevada. I'm gradually doing the same for New Mexico, for my trips in the years to come, but Nevada takes priority, especially Henderson and Las Vegas.
Over the next few weeks, I plan to, of course, write whatever spurs me on to write, as well as more Henderson Press posts. With there now being a firm time that we'll move, I want to read the rest of the issues of Henderson Press, up to the latest, whenever that might be, and I'm also going to start shrinking my Las Vegas books stack in my room. I've started with Super Casino: Inside the "New" Las Vegas by Pete Earley, and I'm thinking of reading The Desert Rose by Larry McMurtry next. I have a combination of novels and nonfiction books, all about Las Vegas. This will serve as a transition to ransacking the Nevada history sections of my local libraries after I become a Henderson resident. I will learn what there is in these books, and then I want to know everything else, everything from the beginning of Nevada. I'm gradually doing the same for New Mexico, for my trips in the years to come, but Nevada takes priority, especially Henderson and Las Vegas.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Four Months (Or Less) Left!
Dad has to initial some papers at the bank in an hour. They'll take 15-30 days to process, and once they're through, we have three months to move out, which means in four months or less, I'll finally be a resident of Henderson, Nevada! I'll have everything I've wanted so badly and much more. Plus, it brings me a bit closer to my life's goals of traveling throughout New Mexico, and to the rest of the presidential libraries and museums throughout the nation. I've got quite some time before I can even begin planning those trips, but to finally have a home, and a home base, and to feel comfortable where I am, my goals become more possible.
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