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Anytime is a great time to add a few houseplants to your home. Adding greenery indoors expands your gardening opportunities and provides the many benefits of living with and tending plants. It can boost your mood and reduce stress while adding beauty or nutritious food to your home.

Lincoln- Celebrate Nebraska’s rich history, diverse cultures and tight-knit communities in Nebraska Public Media’s newest local documentary celebrating the state’s vibrant murals. “The Magic of Murals” premieres at 7:00 p.m.

“No man is an island, entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” This is the beginning of a poem from 1624. In it the poet, John Donne, appreciates how humans are all connected. Indeed, humans are social beings, and social connection is a factor in our health.

Jason and Lizzie Schubauer, Ella and Clara visited traveled to Omaha on Friday where they visited Alex Schubuaer, then on to Lincoln where they were guests of Tayler and JayLynn Schubuaer. Dwight and Marvanne Logterman traveled to Winner and Lake Andes, SD and Quimby, IA to deliver bulls on Wednesday.

Northwest Community Action Partnership’s (NCAP) Extra Helpings Food Pantry has received a generous donation from MEDICA. This donation will fill an urgently needed gap in their food pantry services as demand increases.

M Daily breakfast at Cody and Kilgore: cereal, toast, fruit, juice and milk. Daily lunch at Cody and Kilgore: salad bar, relish tray, bread, lettuce, fruit and milk.

Tammy Wetzel and grandson Rand were guests of Duff and Kathy Tinant over the weekend. Joining them for a Saturday evening visit were Kent and Tina Osnes.

Lincoln - The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) has sent invitations to schools across the state, seeking student entries for the 2025 Nebraska: Don’t Waste It! environmental calendar. The contest is open to all Nebraska students from grades K through 12, and the submission deadline is May 1, 2024.

Lincoln – The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) is currently accepting applications to attend one of the biggest ag youth outreach events in the state. The Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute (NAYI) brings together hundreds of high school juniors and seniors for a week to learn more about agriculture - Nebraska’s number one industry.

I confess that occasionally even doctors get squeamish. Or perhaps more honestly, this doctor does. My personal list has gotten pretty short, but one of the things that still makes me squirm is something I nevertheless frequently recommend to my patients.