Opinion

Most folks have heard of elderberry wine or rhubarb crisp. Did you know that the French make a brandy from black currants? How about a Russian-made marmalade from the fruit of the sea buckthorn? Historically, native tribes used saskatoon berries in pemmican.

We live in a society and a world filled with blames and complaints of all kinds. When something goes wrong — and something always goes wrong — we look for something or someone to blame. Liberals blame the Conservatives; the Conservatives blame the Liberals. Environmentalists blame mining and industry. Our court system is built on blaming and punishing. In domestic squabbles wives blame their husbands; husbands blame their wives.

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The world is too much with us; late and soon,

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It is not often that a bird shows up that is so distinctly two birds put together in one. It happened in early December at a bird feeder near Boswell. It seemed to be a definite cross or hybrid of a Steller’s jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), B.C.’s provincial bird, and a blue jay (Cyanocitta crestata), more common east of the Rockies. These are two distinct species, at least according to taxonomists.

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