Something I like a lot of: Black Eyed Susies by the front porch — author pic

American Consumers Have Too Much Stuff

Rose Mary Griffith
Nov 5 · 6 min read

With Black Friday looming on November’s horizon, it is a good time to write about stuff. I don’t mean that in the vague, sort of I-don’t-know-what-to-say way. I mean, literally, the stuff overflowing closets, attics, basements, and — whoa, the garage we drove by last night (on the way to the store) — causing the need to rent storage.

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Rose Mary Griffith

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MusingsFromaRedhead.com. Author of The Writer’s Travel Journal — created for your adventures. Essayist & aspiring memoirist. Writer of humor, grief, & family.

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