When my beloved Golden Retriever passed away, I hung his collar from my rearview mirror. He was born in Colorado, so I hung that particular collar. It brought me some peace during my agony, as if he was still riding around with me.
However, someone mentioned that his precious collar could get me pulled over since it’s illegal.
It got me thinking. Don’t we see air fresheners and other items sold all over New England and nationwide, for that matter, to hang from dangling from rearview mirrors? Way back when many of us even hung our pandemic masks from those mirrors.
We’ve all seen everything from dream catchers, beads, and necklaces to graduation tassels, baby shoes, and rabbit’s feet good luck charms. Many of us hang trinkets of all kinds to personalize our cars…