tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post3517468215699857019..comments2023-04-13T09:38:17.871+01:00Comments on Writing from the Edge: Confessions of a Hopeless AddictLorely Forresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055051415631750885noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-15742372304305807822014-07-27T03:19:01.459+01:002014-07-27T03:19:01.459+01:00Snap Mairead, we have lots of pen and pencil holde...Snap Mairead, we have lots of pen and pencil holders, paintbrush holders, bits and bobs holders and the In-Charge even uses them in his workshop to keep nuts and bolts in. Throwing them away is really the last option. Pathetic...Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.ienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-86153329300580712072014-07-26T21:50:09.919+01:002014-07-26T21:50:09.919+01:00Oh dear - it looks like you have a serious proble...Oh dear - it looks like you have a serious problem!! If I had sufficient kitchen space, I'd probably be just as bad as I find it hard to resist a tempting mug. Cracked ones get re-used as pen holders, ornaments etc as I hate to throw them away.Mairéadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12102610500647326693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-4520489554927629612014-07-22T00:21:31.866+01:002014-07-22T00:21:31.866+01:00Hi there - thanks for leaving the link, and for yo...Hi there - thanks for leaving the link, and for your comment. I don't know his work, so I will look it up with interest.<br /><br />I hate breaking something that I care about - it seems such a shame to lose it. I sometimes glue stuff back together and keep it like that, even tho it can't be used. Daft really.Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.ienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-55380915775226935612014-07-21T20:54:12.482+01:002014-07-21T20:54:12.482+01:00They're not bone china, but have you ever seen...They're not bone china, but have you ever seen the mocha-ware mugs made by Roger Irving Little in Boscastle? We gave my parents one each last time we were there, and when they died we inherited them back. Sadly I broke the nicest a couple of years ago, but we still have one.<br /><br />A couple of the mugs in your pictures look quite familiar...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-38700069242010879812014-07-18T23:28:55.801+01:002014-07-18T23:28:55.801+01:00Hear, hear! But beware, it is a very short jump fr...Hear, hear! But beware, it is a very short jump from being personally pleasing to being seasonally pleasing...Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.ie/2014/07/confessions-of-hopeless-addictnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-57637443087891565882014-07-18T22:03:45.896+01:002014-07-18T22:03:45.896+01:00I enjoyed this read and the photos of your 'co...I enjoyed this read and the photos of your 'collection.' While I don't have seasonal mugs, I quite agree that a mug needs to be personally pleasing--even a very plain one must have an agreeable shape--the sort of handle that is graceful in my hand. Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-24021222893364364962014-07-16T23:09:11.467+01:002014-07-16T23:09:11.467+01:00Hi Carol! I have to ask, since when does 'need...Hi Carol! I have to ask, since when does 'need' come into it! Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.ie/2014/07/confessions-of-hopeless-addictnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-26337036313947329632014-07-16T23:07:21.361+01:002014-07-16T23:07:21.361+01:00Hi Bine! Greetings back again! Yes, when the day c...Hi Bine! Greetings back again! Yes, when the day comes when I don't have space any more, then push will come to shove.Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.ie/2014/07/confessions-of-hopeless-addictnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-58182900341424913712014-07-16T04:43:27.527+01:002014-07-16T04:43:27.527+01:00I don't collect mugs, but it comes time to cle...I don't collect mugs, but it comes time to clean cabinets I often think I have many more than any person needs.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04628971453954763560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-73663781409393009472014-07-15T06:16:42.885+01:002014-07-15T06:16:42.885+01:00Hi Lorely, thanks for that wonderful post! I was t...Hi Lorely, thanks for that wonderful post! I was thinking, I have some mugs.....but I think, it's only the absence of space that save me from collecting more of them....Warm greetings!!!fraubinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11727344988513681934noreply@blogger.com