Life is very short, and Annie Woog doesn't believe in wasting one minute. "I'm not going to waste time being worried or sad or mad about things I can't change. I'm not going to waste one minute. I'm just not going to do it," Annie said.

A spring season of four Friday night musical performances hosted by the non-profit Grassroots Concerts series opens Feb. 19 with Neal and Leandra.

The concert in Chalberg Theatre features a blend of Celtic traditional, folk and country melodies, bluesy sometimes jazz-inspired improvisations and global rhythms.

The Pequot Lakes Community Theatre is busy with rehearsals for the winter production of "Peter Pan" by J. M Barrie.

The third annual Celebrating Dreams concert will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Tornstrom Auditorium in Brainerd.

Go for the Super Bowl Snacks. Well, maybe the playoffs didn't go the way most Minnesotans wanted and the purple jerseys won't be in the Super Bowl.

Allow me to tell you a folk story. Once upon a time there were two brothers who farmed together. Each had his own granary, but they shared equally in all of their work and profits. "One for me. One for you." One brother was married with a large family; the other was single.

I intended for this column to be all about snacks to eat during the big game that we all thought the Vikings would be playing in.