Whistling Pines of Home

Ugonna — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:56:02 -0700

How do I speak this tale of a once bleeding heart, my dear fellow human beings on this trying and often complicated journey called life? Indeed, the unwavering affirmation of life's spiritual dimension got me through in God's loving care. Sometime, during early 2002, in Geneva, Switzerland, I got the devastating pill of race and colour based rejection plus unreciprocated love from an Argentine ...

Wonderful Winds

Ugonna — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:34:23 -0700

This sunny new day in Mexico City, I woke up dreaming of ancestral vilage squares, grandma's farm lands and drum beats from Igbo landscapes of home and inspiration. Perhaps, it's because my grandma Mercy Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku - my dad's mother - who died recently at the age of 91, is to be buried today in Nbawsi, Abia State, Nigeria. What an amazing journey with it's own abundant joy, ...

Thoughts and Imagination

Ugonna — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:27:43 -0700

Will you dare walk with me on this journey of new beginnings founded on hope and beauty of the spirit in the face of challenges and trials that threaten to endanger our love and cherishment for one another across this hurting world we live in each new day? I see visions of glory andwonders across the earth.I view breath-takinglandscapes far awayfrom home.I view your loveand tears throughthis ...

Homage to Geneva

Ugonna — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:04:03 -0700

Prologue "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains."~ Jean Jacques Rousseau"The desire to be as civil as possible is a deep motive for the contemplative life."~M. Scott PeckIn Geneva today, the human creative spirit is not in chains. One is invited to let one's creative essence run calmly wild for the peaceful good of all humanity.In contemplation therefore, Geneva ...

American Galaxy

Ugonna — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:58:01 -0800

Below are excerpts from the Introduction of my up-coming new book: American Galaxy - Celebrating the People and the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave / A Loving Higher Purpose for the People. Also, a detailed preview and description of American Galaxy can be read at my creative communications hub: http://uwachuku.googlepages.com/americangalaxy INTRODUCTION "We hold these ...

Some Memories Never Die ...

Ugonna — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:15:05 -0800

In the late morning of Thursday, November 7, 1996, Jaja Anucha Wachuku, my father's elder brother - my uncle - whom I was so close to went the way of all mankind. He was 78 having been born in 1918. I was devastated; but took firm courage knowing that within the depths of my soul lies the overwhelming inspiration and spirit of excellence plus love, servant leadership, taking things one day ...

Americans Make Amazing History and Inspire Humankind ...

Ugonna — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:22:14 -0800

What an amazing and historic reality it was - on 4 November, 2008. Barack Obama elected the first African-American plus bi-racial President of the United States of America. I had tears in my eyes. Indeed, I am deeply inspired and proud of all citizens of the Union for keeping the American Dream alive; and uplifting the spirit of the rest of humankind too. That is why I am glad to have ...

Prologue of The Great Place

Ugonna — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:43:42 -0700

PROLOGUE __ "Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King, jr. __ In 1964, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison. Seven years later, I was born. As soon ...