Hoard?

Blog 78 …

Figurines!  Dolls!  Plates!  Pottery!  Costumes!  Fabric!  Maps!  Cultural symbols!  I look around my home one day and discover that my collection of superfluous things has gone haywire!  In drawers and cabinets I find items that are pretty to behold, but have no function.  I utterly realize that I even recently purchased an extra showcase cabinet to make way for things I have acquired just sit.  What for do I have such things? I do not have defense for keeping them.  Some things even require senseless dusting and re-arranging … useless work! What’s the impetus for our collecting things?