Zen’s Night before Christmas 2022

Yes, it is, in fact; The most Jolliest time of the year. The Post is, of course the 8th Annual " Night before Christmas on Zen Mountain " story. It's the one fun Post of the year so stop by ifin ya can.

The Yule Bough

Rhey sat in the cover of the buck brush, cold winds blowing in from the south. Frost slipped from the branches, misting into the young coyote's eyes. "Where are they?" Rhey squinted , trying to look through the Living Room windows. Dennis chewed on the branch that had just recently smacked him across the nose...

Wild Thing

The Rut, and some snow, have hit Zen Mountain The Rut has finally come here on Zen Mountain; one of our big bucks has been flirting about with one of our girls, and she doesn't seem to mind in the least. One of our little wild family has come back, or at least is showing...

Zen’s The Night before Christmas 2021

The 7th Annual ( Zen mtn version) of Twas the Night before Christmas, plus 3 short humorous stories following

Annual “Countdown to Christmas” Zen Short stories

For seven plus years now. I put up new stories from the wild" kids" up here getting ready for the big morning. Christmas Eve, I'll put up the Annual " Night before Christmas on Zen Mountain." Hummie Holiday Hummie and his clan are always a big part of what goes on up here on Zen...

Zen’s short Stories: “Patches”. along with harvest canning and more..

Well, once again, Sunday rolls around and our ISP is puking all over the place, crashing both my comps: good times. ,We have a recently returned Hummingbird boy; Patches, that is excited about coming back up from Gotham and the Hummie Brownstone where all the family: Hum gather for the winter... with the few exceptions,...

Zen’s Short Stories: Awwwh-meww

The funny thing about the Short Stories is; they are all based on actual events. Early this morning, we had our elk herd come in to sit under our bedroom window at 0-dark:30..With a wake up call. The other funny thing is, more often than not, I don't have a clue what I'll be writing...

Zen’s Short stories : Trick or Treat

Now, as everyone knows, Ma; my better half, and I are waaaay off the beaten path...Ok.. It's not so much a path as a series of deer tracks that veer off a dirt road.. off a dirt road that is off an old mountain road....between villages... In the arm pit of the Columbia Gorge... So.....

Zen’s Short Stories: Are you my mother?

I thought I'd toss up a new, based on real happenings, Short Story.. cause I can.... Zen Mountain Playground Zen Mountain Playground for the wild ones I often write about our wild kids' playground, where the Moms drop off their wee ones to come and hang out in relative safety while they get a well...

Zen Mountain Sunday Post 6 year anniversary

Well.. according to WordPress, it has been 6 years...course, the original Post started before that..Until the Hacking began and I moved here... Harvest So, I know that so many are overwhelmed at this point with veggies and some with fruit.. We are slowly gaining hot peppers and tomatoes.. veggie wise.. That's all she wrote... or...