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Mugs, memories, and community (see our edition from 2 March 2014)

I have a large mug with a funny horse design. My sister was dying last fall and when I went to see her for the last time she said to me you must take home some memories. I looked in her cupboard and there it was. Both of us were long time horse lovers and horse owners. Now I use it often and I remember her and her sense of humour.

Vicki Milnes
St. John the Evangelist
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
vickimilnes705@rogers.com
3 March 2014

When living in Paris last year, I walked every day on my way to university past a shop that sold pottery, icons, and rosaries made by monks and nuns. In the window was a beautiful mug that was the perfect shape to cup with both hands, and the patterns reminded me of butterflies. It was one of the coldest, snowiest winters Paris ever had, and as I passed the shop I saw this mug and thought about drinking chocolat chaud and was warmed. I finally decided to get it, and now each time I use it in the United States I am reminded of my time at the American Cathedral in Paris, the friends I made in France, and how the many cups of hot chocolate warmed me up in that cold, cold winter.

Catherine
St. Albans
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
4 March 2014

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