Knit a River

Knit A River...

A group called I Knit

hosted a campaign in the UK  

for WaterAid_--an international charity.

The charity wished to raise awareness...

millions of people around

the globe lack clean water.

Block upon block (100,000)

pieced together until

they replicated a river.

Splendid idea,

a good go, knitters.

And it sparked my desire   

to knit a river.

Nothing huge...

a long scarf 

in  pale  blue,

perhaps.

A reminder that my river--

the one at the bottom of the cliff--

the Hudson needs to be revered.

It is an estuary, you know.

Tide in, tide out.

Right now it is being dredged

for those terrible resident PCBs.

And some days it turns a murky

shade of brown.

Pete Seeger (the famous folk singer)

has spent years

advocating respect and care

of the river.

And a replica of the Halfmoon

slipped past this month

commemorating Hudson's

journey.

So...

Cast on,

knit a river.

Give thanks:

for clean water

and the river

you love best.