ALL ABOUT LUKE

The Gospel According To Luke

(UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY)

In The Best tradition of Holden Caulfield, Tom Sawyer, and Huckelberry Finn, Luke is a kind of quintessential American Boy, who always marches to a very different drummer. A thirteen-year-old eighth grader who lives in a small city smack dab in the middle of Georgia, USA, he shares a home with his father and a dog with more brains than he named Bubba. The boy's mother left a few years ago to investigate the wild nightlife in the jungles North of Boston. She's not expected back any time this century. You can read about Luke's family by clicking on Dad, or Mom, or brother Ethan. If you are more interested in the dog try clicking Bubba's Kennel Page where you can find out all there is to know about the COOLEST CANINE on the 'NET.

In his wake at several schools Luke leaves shattered teachers, collateral damage, and a principal who opted for early retirement rather than face his likes again. Part of his philosophy when dealing with teachers is always to give them something to remember him by.

When Luke's mother took off into the wild blue yonder, the boy acquired a new father. He sometimes calls the old man 'Pop', or 'The Geezer', or just plain 'Dad'. His paternal unit is quite a bit older than the fathers of Luke's contemporaries and has already raised one family to a reasonable facsimile of independent adulthood. Dear Old Dad is determined that his new son will not grow up to become a Career Criminal, Politician, Day Trader, or Trial Lawyer. Luke simply wants to have a good time 24/7. Is there conflict? You bet!!! That's half the fun of being a strong-willed kid. The other half is getting away with adolescent mischief, mayhem and murder on a regular basis.

Most kids today are presented with 'choices' by hip, modern parents because they are told by experts who are single and childless but who read a bunch of weighty books by other experts (also single and childless) that's the way to raise children. They are also supposed to learn about 'consequences' when they do something wrong, which is what happens when they make 'inappropriate choices' in modern parenting parlance. These are sometimes called "natural consequences".

Luke's dad is not into modern theories of raising kids. He is, you might say, more than a bit 'Old-Fashioned', who trusts his own instincts and the archaic regimen of 'SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE LUKE'. Luke lives by the law of "WORTH IT", meaning you can do anything you want as long as whatever is going to happen to you if you get caught is "worth it" to you. He is convinced that he invented that law, and is justifiably proud of it. Here is the conflict: Luke's new father is out to prove that many of the things his son enjoys doing and is used to getting away much of the time are most definitely NOT WORTH IT.

Luke has two new older brothers, Wade and Rob, both in their thirties. He likes doing things with them. Wade is an outdoor nut who truly enjoys camping, fishing, hunting, and shooting sports. Rob is a college soccer and softball coach who loves playing sports of all kinds. The three of them have a lot of fun together and the black and blue marks Luke frequently acquires are usually 'worth it'. Those guys hate to be reminded that they have already hit the dreaded Middle Age.

Before moving in with his new Dad, Luke and his mother were denizens of a notorious, red-neck trailer park set well outside town in the hinterland of rural Georgia. Many of the stories come from those days....when he was an unsupervised, 'out-of-control-kid' with a major league chip on his shoulder, who did pretty much as he pleased and usually got away with it.

Luke is a slender. live-wire, bundle of raw energy having dark hair and eyes that reflect his proud Italian heritage. He moved to Georgia from Boston when he was seven and has wanted to return north ever since.

Luke likes to write. His stories are the reason for this website. You will find them listed in the order they were written at
Luke's Table of Contents
just find a story you like and click it on. It is in the stories you will really find out 'All About Luke'.

Other places in Lukes World You might want to check out include:
The Gospel According To Luke: LUKE's WORLD
(his HomePage)

LUKE'S LINK PAGE
Email Luke To Discuss Exchanging Links