Author Archives: Elaine Cappellino

The other day I pulled into the parking lot of a local restaurant and parked next to a big SUV. Sitting there in the driver’s seat was a big, black fluffy dog. He was looking right out the front window and I swear he was reaching for the gearshift. I thought about how excited dogsContinue reading “Dog in the Driver’s Seat”

This year the camellia outside our bedroom window is lush with deep red blooms. In the fifteen years we have lived here, that bush has never bloomed so spectacularly. I think we had probably lived here for a good eight years before I even realized it was a camellia, and it has only been inContinue reading “The Parable of the Camellia”

So I started running. Well, maybe it’s more like jogging. Actually it’s probably more like a movement in which both feet leave the ground for a nanosecond or two. But the point is, I started running. I’m not what you would call a goal-oriented person or an overachiever by any means. I am probably moreContinue reading “So I started running.”