Coffee Mug Notes No. 1

I have good news for you if you’ve been wondering, “Where’d you get that orange mug?”

I bought it from Superior Merchandise Co. in Troy, NY last October (2022).

This mug held several cups of tea during a poetry workshop with Pádraig Ó Tuama at the Omega Institute when I was on that same trip, has traveled with me to various Solo Writing Retreats all over the country, and is one of my top picks for coffee, tea, bone broth, or hot toddies when I’m home.

It’s a hand thrown stoneware mug with a handmade glaze crafted by Alexis Tellefsen in Middletown, NY. I bought two candleholders made by her, too.

Related:

The Troy Solo Writing Retreat (Coming Soon to SDW!)
The Omega Institute Solo Writing Retreat (Coming Soon to SDW!)
Read, Write, & Pray with Pádraig Ó Tuama and Poetry Unbound (Coming Soon to SDW!)
Coffee Mug Notes No. 2 (Coming Soon to SDW!)
Coffee Mug Notes No. 3 (Coming Soon to SDW!)


Charlotte Donlon helps her readers and clients notice how they belong to themselves, others, God, and the world. Charlotte is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder of Spiritual Direction for Writers™. Her essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other. She’s currently writing her next book, Spiritual Direction for Writers, which will be published by Eerdmans in 2024.

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