Personalize it

After watching my black Samsonite bag go around for the third time, because my bright green plastic name tag had come off of it, I decided to take some liquid acrylic paint and a small paintbrush and put a distinctive design back and front.

When that bag wore out, I bought a purple bag because I thought it would stand out and decided to decorate that one also. I was glad I did, because one time at Oregon’s Bend-Redmond airport another purple bag showed up on the baggage belt!

In over 15 years of checking my bag, it has always appeared.

NANCY HUETTL

Cupertino, CA