During the past couple of weeks our junk mail index has risen sharply. It seems that the vast majority of the mail we have been getting is sales circulars, catalogs for Christmas items, or promotions for political campaigns. What a waste of paper this is! It all goes into the trash, mostly not even looked at. There isn’t anyplace near where I live that I can take stuff like this to recycle, and it is sad to think of it all going to the dump.