Storms and insomnia.
Since Sept. 11 of 2001, I've stayed up long after the kids have been tucked in their beds... watching with interest on the recap of the news of the day and what is happening as the other side of the world wakes up.
Music (besides art work) has helped tremendously. I found this song sang by a different artist at the time, but I found it on the web. Anyways, I had to post it.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/E316K/6/storm.wav