Graphic courtesy of the Faribault Police Department Facebook page, via Peter van Sluis.
Music & merchandise at Flour Sack Antiques
THIS MARKED A FIRST for me, hearing accordion music inside an antique shop. I rather enjoyed the rhythm of songs as I eased around corners, dipped into rooms and keyed in on merchandise inside Flour Sack Antiques just south of Pequot Lakes.
While I don’t recall the songs performed during my mid-September stop here, I remember how fitting the music for a place brimming with all things aged, all things vintage.
After you visit a few antique shops, they often blend into a sameness of overstocked shelves in too tight quarters. But the Flour Sack I’ll remember for the two musicians squeezing music from boxes while seated behind the front counter.
And I’ll remember, too, the handwritten receipt penned by the male accordion player/shopkeeper.
Joy comes in music. And joy comes in memorable nuances of a place like the Flour Sack.
FYI: Flour Sack Antiques is located along Minnesota State Highway 371 at its intersection with County Road 168 two miles south of Pequot Lakes in Central Minnesota.
© Copyright 2017 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
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