belongings

While some returned in vehicles, most walked carrying belongings in bags strapped to their shoulders.

As for the Hermès handbag, in 1983 Birkin was on a flight to London from Paris when she complained to her seatmate about not having a bag that could hold all her belongings.

“None of our belongings at all were covered. Nothing. Zero dollars.”

They fled on foot—a 14-hour walk—and couldn’t bring their belongings, so her husband stayed behind.

Mike gathers himself, shushes the woman for waking him and then collects his belongings to begin a day of panhandling.