You know it must be important when write two blog entries in two days, and it is. I have something I want to share with everyone, especially the avid, and even not-so-avid, knitters. There is a project called the Dulaan project, which will be featured in the March 28 issue of Vogue Knitting. People send knitted sweaters and hats to needy and orphaned children in Mongolia. Below is a link to a site with photos of the kids and their lovingly handmade clothing!

The text on the page will warn you that this is a tear-jerker, and they are right. When I read that, I thought, yeah, well, I am not a cry-baby, and anyway, I had a good cry yesterday already. Driving home, I had the rare opportunity to listen to the Halleluia Chorus of Handel’s Messiah. The music and the subject alone are always enough to bring tears to my eyes, but yesterday all I could recall was when our small church choir accepted the daunting task of performing Messiah one Christmas. My dad was the organist, and as I have no singing voice, I was drafted as his page-turner. Now my father was the regular church organist, and generally had no problems keeping up with page-turning. But this was a special and difficult event, and nothing was left to chance. We practiced many weeks with the choir, and I can still recall the elation when the choir performed their very beautiful rendition of the chorus. There was jubulation all around, and quite frankly, relief, upon completion of the piece. Remembering sharing this event with my father made me miss my dad in a way that I have not felt for sometime. I simply cried. After that episode, I thought I had all the tears out of my system for awhile, so I was quite surprised to be reaching for the Kleenex as I looked at these children’s faces. Visit the site, and if you can, try to contribute! Thank you!

Here is info about the Dulaan project:
http://www.nwkniterati.com/movabletype/archives/MossyCottage/DulaanFlyer2006_color3.pdf

Here are the photos of the children:
http://www.nwkniterati.com/movabletype/archives/MossyCottage/001591.html