Insomnia sucks. Went to sleep, finally, at 9:00am and have to be up and ready to help a friend sew by 1:00... for the second day in a row. I even took pills designed to make me sleepy - all that accomplished was to make me groggy while still too tense to sleep. There has got to be a better way.

In the good news department, though, I had a wonderful time sewing with my friend yesterday. She cut out her second Del all by herself while I simply watched. Last week she cut out & sewed an early-period gown complete with underarm gussets all by herself. *sniff* Soon she won't need my encouragement at all - she's past the point of needing my help, even if she doesn't really realise it yet.

And lastely, a new offering from "Playing for Change". They flew in some of the artists to meet for the first time in the flesh and to play together onstage:

I was going to post a nice reflective entry but heatermcca ruined it, simply ruined it, I say, by posting ( this great video, certainly one of the best wedding speeches ever )