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March 14, 2003

FROM A DISTANCE

From a distance the world looks blue and green
And the snow-capped mountains white
From a distance the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight
From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man

From a distance we all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed
From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace
They are the songs of every man

From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
What all this fighting's for
From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves
It's the heart of every man

This song, written by Julie Gold, is usually sung with a chorus that repeats the words "God is watching us...from a distance." I excluded them above because I think a reference to God in an anti-war song in 2003, on the verge of a war where both sides claim to have God on their side, is an ironic distraction from the important message of the song. And also, one of the people who transcribed these lyrics for an Internet lyric service admitted that instead of "God is watching us", he thought, even more ironically, that the words of the chorus were "bodies washing up."
Photo from NASA Earth Observatory.

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SEVEN EXTRAORDINARY WEBLOGS

runner Here's some new discoveries I've made on the Blogosphere recently. Even though I know you already have all the reading you can handle.

Chris Baldwin's Bruno Strip contains the weekly, visually sumptuous cartoon adventures of a woman named Bruno.

Grist Magazine has blog-like daily postings of eco-news, and its lighter touch makes it less depressing than most of its ilk, while still being thorough and informative.

Britain's David Gurteen has a full list of Klogs - Weblogs dedicated to the subject of knowledge and information management.

Rebecca's Pocket is a blog full of eloquent commentary on a vast array of subjects, like this post on the ethics of blogging . Or this set of posts and resources on bioregionalism as an ecological philosophy.

I've already mentioned fellow Canadian Mark Woods' blog called Woods Lot . I don't know how Mark is able to read as much as he must to be able to post so selectively and prolifically on so many diverse topics day after day. One of today's posts is a review of a new film made entirely by Canadian Inuit artists, entitled The Fast Runner. The stunning picture above is from that film.

And for techies and those that want to tart up their blogs with some new and sexy features, bloggie-award winning Textism (not to be confused with the eloquent but entirely different Texting blog) offers beta versions of some amazing but not-for-the-timid blog-enhancing tools.

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