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Air Passengers Engage in Battle of the Bags
On the usual domestic flight, six passengers share overhead bins that fit four wheelie bags, leaving some fliers out of luck, at a time when they would rather lug them than check them, to avoid fees, forcing them to back off a plane and return to the jet bridge to check bags.  Chicago Tribune story   ... Read More

As most travelers know, often it is the chance encounters and discoveries that leave the longest-lasting of impressions. Margaret’s Grocery and Market, a.k.a. The Home of the Double-Headed Eagle, near Vicksburg, Mississippi, was one of those.

I had driven down from Clarksdale, where I was following the trail of famed blues guitarist Robert Johnson. That trip took me down to small towns such as Itta Bena, Quito (where Johnson is buried), Morgan City... Read More