Lancelot

Lancelot was in the crossword puzzle this week. The clue was, “Round table member.” That doesn’t exactly narrow it down. There were Gawain, Percival, Galahad, King Pelinor, and of course Arthur. And several more whose names I’ve forgotten. But the grid had eight letters, and I knew the first was L. It wasn’t much of a stretch. It’s been decades since I read Idylls of the King, The Once and Future King, or even A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. It may be time to dust them off again. At the moment I’m enjoying The Hobbit instead. It’s amazing how much a book changes when you set it aside for at least ten years before picking it up again. The first time I read about Bilbo I was in my teens. The second was when I had kids in diapers. I’ve reached the slaying of Smaug for the third time, and I can scarcely wait for the movie to come out.