Lessons of a Reluctant Hunter…

Jazmin is 27 years old and beautiful. She has the fierce, dark beauty of a Mexican Indian, but she’s tall, and when you see her move, you think Masai warrior or maybe ninja. And it’s true: She does have ninja skills. When I first met Jazmin, she’d just killed a pheasant. She was sitting on the deck talking with a friend when she spotted the bird at the edge of the yard, 20 feet away. She casually picked up a two-by-four and hurled it. The missile hit the pheasant in the head, a neat kill. Jazmin walked over and picked it up. “Dinner,” she said. Read more at Salon.com.

note: Salon got the tagline wrong on this article–Jazmin is not transplanted to Oregon, merely visiting.

About churpa

Felisa Churpa Rosa Rogers is the daughter of Steve Rogers (of Gruntarama fame) and travel writer Tina Rosa. She grew up in rural Oregon and on the back roads of Mexico. She later attended The Evergreen State College and connived to spend every winter term "studying" in Mexico. She is now an editor and writer for The People's Guide to Mexico and ThePeoplesGuidetoMexico.com, and she writes about food and culinary history for Salon.com. Her favorite subjects are cooking, Mexican history, and hammock culture. She lives in the Oregon Coast Range with her husband Rich Peterson; they escape to Mexico whenever possible.
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