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How Did You Sleep Last Night?

2/8/2014

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How Did You Sleep Last NightPosted on February 8, 2014 by billyraychitwood1
 
                                     How Did You Sleep Last Night?

There is so much in night’s sleepless musings that come to me, words and phrases that say so much about my life, the shiftless and incoherent wanderlust, the ever restless being of my nature, the endless search for a gauzy part of my worth… Why is it I’m here in this space and time? For what purpose is it that I live on when I have sailed to the joy ports and those of despair and desperation with a map of iniquitous purpose? Why is it, as an author friend once wrote that ‘it is dark to die for I still wish to be’?

Now, of course, I can and will associate all my night’s restless musings to a childhood ill spent in bitter family acrimony, constant mobility, discontent, displacement, and a world of uncertainty. But that is truth for so many of us doing these multiple rotations around the sun, so I’m far from being alone… Perhaps there’s a club somewhere on the planet that I need to join. Just one disclaimer! I’m a reasonably happy man most of the time, but I do spend a bit too much time contemplating my past. Then, which author was it who said, ‘We analyze the past to prepare the future.’ That’s a paraphrase, not a direct quote – but the author will likely never know I wrote it.

So, thoughts pile upon thoughts, and I lie there with eyes closed, a frown or smile appears for no one to see and my impulse is to rise, to capture these mind pulses which are strung together so uniquely my own.  These divergent transmissions will be lost if they are not captured on paper or a laptop screen. They are my creations and they might well be important for some foolish nomads along the way. Ah, but in the rising I might awaken my wife or the cat that seeks any excuse to anger me with his constant meowing. The wife, of course, I love! The cat, well, it is a love/hate relationship – mostly love, in fairness, I must write.

Finally a vague hint of sleepiness hits me, and I decide to put away the thoughts of literary gems and listen to the impertinent wishes of my body and temporarily forget the excuses previously set forth.

Sleep comes, with weird surreal dreams, to be followed by another day of writing – that is, when I can get to it after hours of social networking chores and maintenance. I shall try to retrieve some of the ‘gems’ from night’s sleepless hours, but, mostly, to no avail.

From all of this, what can my blog friends discover? Those of you who say loudly to yourselves, ‘Absolutely nothing,’ then shame on you! The message in this post is most clear. The message is … Well, have a cup of coffee and really think about it. Maybe the caffeine will jolt your thought processes and ‘Eureka’ will come.

I’ve had five cups of coffee and I’m still working on it!

I’m off to the treadmill…

My books require no caffeine. There’s action, crime, mystery, romance, and memoir. If you would like to read some of my full-length novels, I invite you to view the following sites:

http://www.goo.gl/fuxUA (My bio and a preview of my eleven books)

http://billyraychitwood.weebly.com (My main website, with my books, reviews, blog)

http://www.about.me/brchitwood (A short bio – with links)

goo.gl/QlGf26 (amazon.com) and goo.gl/WWV24W (amazon.co.uk)

Please comment. Thank you and best wishes.

          


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Diane link
2/9/2014 09:02:48 pm

Oh, I could relate to all of that, Billy Ray, and it so often at just such times that the thoughts come completely unbidden. I find that it is a good idea to have a pen and paper next to the bed - at least, that way, you don't have to get up.

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Billy Ray Chitwood link
2/10/2014 06:18:18 am

Thanks, Diane, tried that but wake up the wife and pet...still a good idea. Visited your site and followed. My main site for submitting a new post is http://thefinalcurtain1.wordpress.com - I do one a week and post them here on my main website, on goodreads, and ianningsocialnetwork.
If you have the inclination, go to http://thefinalcurtain1.wordpress.com and follow my posts.
Best wishes and thanks for the response - your book looks very interesting.

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