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