The Alphabet Game

As we prepare to leave the mountains…I admit…I have no shame for I’ve also been preparing…to play the alphabet game. It’s a game we’ve played since our children were little… on our trips from the mountains to the sea… One person names something we’ve done that starts with the letter A… and we keep going until we reach the letter Z. It’s a wonderful family game…as anyone whose ever played it knows and to get an edge for when we leave tomorrow…Alphabet game…here goes. Asheville, Arrow, Birds, Bonnie, Bryan, Cherokee, Deer, Elk, a Freeze (You see by getting this head start…I’m going to win this game with ease). Games played in the cabin on a picnic or on the porch in the afternoon. Hikes, Indigenous, Jelly from Momma’s Boy, Killers of the Flower Moon. Leaves of many colors, the Moon, the Mountains, Nantahala, the Oconaluftee River all aglow Poplar trees, a Quart of cider, Raccoons, a Steam engine, playing in the Snow.. Turkeys in the yard, Umbrella’s in the rain, Vegan fest Waterrock Knob with sunsets that astound X…a letter we ignore….Yellow colors all all around. Z is another letter that is difficult but I have this one in the bag… in the mountains we traveled on many roads with curves that zig and zag. There you have it I am ready for out 2 day trip back home… I only hope that Deborah…doesn’t take the time to read this poem. (Of course there are no winners or losers…that is just a myth… The real treasure of this game….is having someone to play it with.)