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MORE INFO: Amish, inside the Agora...

Shopping for Amish baskets in the Public Market is fun!

These baskets are hand-made by several local Amish families. A few in particular, have become part of the market family. The timeless public market is neutral ground between two very different cultures. By sharing our respective realities, those of us in the Western World, temper our programmed pursuit of quantity over quality (at least a little), and the Amish graceful evolve their society to connect to us, one comfortable-degree, further. We become more like them and they more like us. Let us hope in the long run, this interchange is of mutual benefit to both societies. So far, at least, it sure seems justified to continue the experiment.

What is most exciting of all, is that YOU can be part of this evolution of human-society. It will literally occur before your eyes! The axiom that evolution is something that by definition cannot be experienced is clearly not allows applicable. It is not often that a town evolves (in a clearly positive way), at a pace that can be observed in real-time. And it is even more rare, that you as the observer not only may directly participate but actually contribute to the evolution!

Consider a weekend visit to the Public Market in facinating Viroqua Wisconsin. Stay in a cool a Victorian B&B right across the street from the market. If you make something that you want to sell, you might try vending for an afternoon. (It will cost you a whole $5!). Or, just relax, stroll or bike around town, meet some interesting people... connect.

Come-- be part of evolution in progress!

   A Public Market in enchanting southwest Wisconsin, USA:
Main Street Station.
Buying Amish Baskets
Buying Amish Baskets
mixing humans
mixing humans
Amish Ready to Depart
Amish Ready to Depart
Amish basket ---  $70
Amish basket --- $70
signed with pride
signed with pride
Amish baskets for sale
Amish baskets for sale
Old and the New
Old and the New
talking by fountain
talking by fountain