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If this month’s Readers Write is any indication, many of you love a strong cup of coffee as much as we do. We couldn’t resist sharing a few of our favorite mugs. Tag us on Instagram with your own!
Nancy Holochwost
Associate Editor
My Jane Austen quotation mug was a gift from my mom, and I like having something to read while I drink my tea — or my once-a-month cup of coffee.
David Mahaffey
Associate Editor
Most of The Sun staff have not fully returned to the office after the pandemic lockdown, so I work from home. To cultivate a healthy work/life balance, I reserve this mug for weekend coffee. Unlike most nineteenth-century lamplighters, the one on my mug bears a guitar case, as well as the usual torch, while riding a tall bike. This one is probably lighting the way to a Peter Mulvey gig — I got the mug from him.
Anna Gazmarian
Outreach Coordinator
Whenever I feel sad, I feel solidarity in using my Edgar Allan Poe mug that was purchased for a dollar at a thrift store.
Rachel J. Elliott
Editorial Associate & Photo Editor
My friend Ilona gave this to me for my birthday. The coordinates are the corner where we meet for our weekly walks — time that I cherish, as it has deepened our friendship.
Robert Graham
Art Director
Picking a favorite coffee mug is nearly impossible — like picking a favorite shirt. Each has their place, but some occupy a higher echelon. These mugs were made by Mark Hewitt, a contemporary North Carolina potter. (He’s an Englishman, but a longtime resident and avid student of our state’s deep history of ceramics.) As a visually inclined art director, I’ve come to appreciate form and weight, too, and these mugs check every box: beautiful, graceful, comfortable, lightweight. The one in the foreground is twenty-four years old, with the chips and scars to show it. It was the first piece of craft pottery I ever bought; I’ve used it almost daily since.
Derek Askey
Associate Editor
Go Steelers!
Finn Cohen
Associate Editor
My cousin’s husband, Rob Cartelli, is a potter in Vermont, and he made this. I’ve had to tell some family members to stop buying me coffee mugs because there’s only so much room, and our collection in general is one of those things where you have no idea where they all came from. But Rob’s mug is the one I reach for first out of the dishwasher.
Chrystal Pitt
Reader Services Manager
I received this mug as a birthday gift at my last job, where everyone knew I love coffee and have no filter. Now my Sun colleagues have learned the same thing!
Shani Armstrong
Reader Services Specialist
My husband found this gem at a Goodwill. “Begin each day with a grateful heart” and a cup of coffee.
Staci Kleinmaier
Assistant Editor
This Christmas critters mug was a from-me-to-me gift last holiday season. I had a hard time putting it away, though, because the moose makes me smile. So I drink my tea out of it year-round.
Andrew Snee
Senior Editor
Had to give up coffee. Have tried to keep my sense of humor about it.
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