Leave Your Leaves
I encourage you to invite your kids, grandkids, and neighbor kids to help manage your leaves and prepare your yard and garden for winter. Together, you can look forward to a new crop of beneficial insects in the spring.
Mission Investments: Supporting the Perennial Needs of Our Community
Learn how a community can be supported into the future with the help of the Lincoln Community Foundation and a developer with nonprofit community housing development organization, NeighborWorks Lincoln after purchasing the former Azalealand property in Lincoln.
People of Lincoln
Jim Partington grew up in Lincoln, and has lived in cities across the country. Jim has such deep roots in Nebraska that even after a career of more than 30 years in the Navy, he returned with his wife and enticed their three daughters to move to Lincoln as well.
What Is Sake?
Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice. It consists of four ingredients: rice, water, yeast, and a mold called koji. Sake is extraordinarily labor intensive, and the Japanese take much pride in its production.
A Mindful Path to Gratitude
Mindfulness and the gratitude it enhances won’t make challenges disappear, nor do they demand we force a smile through pain. Instead, together they function as an internal compass, guiding us to hold both struggles and joys in the same moment. By looking beyond our evolutionary blind spots, we see that life’s ordinary, neutral spaces can be sanctuaries of appreciation.
Lincoln Running Company: Fifty Years of Helping Lincoln Move
For half a century, Lincoln Running Company has kept its place downtown, while the city around it kept moving. Storefronts have come and gone, and running grew from a race-focused community into something wider, with room for every pace and every race.
A Gift That Lasts a Lifetime: Why Grandparents Are Turning to 529 Plans
Helping fund your grandchild’s education is something that can shape their entire life. Whether it’s college, trade school, or another form of training, education opens doors, and contributing toward it is a gift that continues to give long after it’s received. Jenna Vitosh, CEO and Founder of Chloey Wealth and our Cover Sponsor, introduces readers to the 529 Plan.
A Sanctuary For Growing Connections
But thanks to a historic strategic alignment between three local nonprofits and a critical boost from the Lincoln Community Foundation (LCF), Prairie Pines is being anchored as a permanent sanctuary for the community.
55+ Magazine: Reimagined for Life In Season
As we celebrate our five-year milestone, we’re also looking ahead with excitement. Over the past year, our team has been reimagining what the next five years can be, and that vision is taking shape as we transition from 55+ to In Season Lincoln in 2027.
Nourish. Hydrate. Thrive.
When it comes to knowing what foods you should be eating every day, it’s different for everyone. Eating the right amount of food each day depends on your age, sex, height, weight, and level of physical activity. Learn what the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of nutrition and dietetics practitioners, has to say.
Pop or Twist? The Great Cork vs. Cap Debate
A wine is sealed until someone opens it, and how it was sealed can be interesting.
Summertime—Summer To-Dos!
June is National Homeownership Month and the perfect time to tackle home maintenance projects. To make it easy for you, we’ve put together a checklist that can prevent costly repairs, improve energy efficiency, and ensure your home is safe and comfortable all summer long.
Container Gardening 101
If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t have the space for a garden,” container gardening might be exactly what you’re looking for. Whether it’s a few pots on your patio, herbs on a windowsill, or flowers by your front door, growing in containers is an easy way to add beauty and fresh food to your everyday life.
Sounds of Summer
Warm evenings and sunny afternoons set the scene for free live music, local flavor, and community gathering. These concerts showcase parks, patios, and public spaces all season long with diverse performances. From relaxing lunchtime sets to energetic evening shows, you can grab a friend, bring a chair or blanket, and enjoy the soundtrack of summer in Lincoln!
A Mindful Shift: Stop Pursuing Happiness and Start Practicing It
By engaging in mindfulness, we move from searching for happiness to hosting it. We create a mental environment where true moment-to-moment contentment can actually take root and grow. Ultimately, the most important work we can do is to cultivate a mind that knows how to be happy, right here, right now, in the midst of it all.
Sunken Gardens: Generations Of Wonder
National Geographic’s Guide to Public Gardens lists Lincoln’s Sunken Gardens as one of the 300 Best Gardens in the United States and Canada. I encourage you to enjoy this special Lincoln destination—and begin (or repeat) wonder-filled memories in this remarkable garden.
Golden Summer Reads: Stories That Stay With You
Check out these engaging summer reads perfect to savor the season!
People of Lincoln: Graciela Caneiro-Livingston
She has been to Lincoln twice. The first time Graciela Caneiro-Livingston was here was as a graduate student, when she pursued a fellowship at UNL and met the man who would become her husband. The second time was when she returned to be Chief Academic Officer (Provost) at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Dr. Caneiro-Livingston grew up in Spain, but she’s definitely a Nebraskan now.