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Mooresville, NC I sat down on this padded porch chair, putting my coffee down and breathing a deep sigh of relief. It’s been forever since I have written, and the past however many weeks hit me like a wave knocking me off my feet. For a person that finds peace and inspiration in being still [...]

I just got back from a three week meander across the west coast and back. It was an interesting trip. I felt like I was in the movie “Away We Go.” In the movie, a pregnant couple travel across the US visiting people, trying to find a place they belong. (I love this movie- and [...]

India gets under your skin slowly. It begins to settle on your exterior like sweat, then permeates into your blood stream, your bones. Partaking in the madness of traffic is like jumping into the middle of a great choreographed dance, everyone knows their parts and places, but you feel so lost. Buses like galloping pink [...]

When I was a kid I lived in books. I was shy and lonely and scared and books were my comfort, my friends. Through stories, I lived adventure, I lived beauty. I could be anyone I wanted to be. When I was nine or so I stumbled upon the world of LM Montgomery. While best [...]

and so the stone is rolled away from my heart and now it’s pink flesh and so the time line goes on and on and so the wind comes through twigs and bones and leaves and muscles form “where, o death, is your sting?” is the new song that I sing and so tears become [...]

I am a peace-maker naturally. I am not the type of person that likes to enter into debates. Usually, I do everything I can to avoid them. I am a pretty neutral person. I am a pacifist deep in my heart, I have always been. I guess it is sort of middle child syndrome combined [...]

My dad, John Frederick Luby III, is a talented, multifaceted man. The older I get, the more I appreciate him. He is musician, a writer, a great thinker, an artist and a man of God. Here is a painting he did of my little brother Robert. Robert has downs syndrome and is one of the [...]