OFK....

... or , properly , tOaFK
Written in the 1930's and finished much later. The first section published under the title ' the Sword in the Stone ' told the story of a young orphan growing up in medieval  England. Added to this were two other sections and finally joined to-gether under the title ' the Once and Future King '.
The tale of Arthur Pendragon as he grew up to become the king of England and Camelot. And the basis for the musical ' Camelot ' , both stage and screen.
Tangentially , and I've mentioned this before , the CBC ran a contest ' Catch a Falling Star ' in which listeners attempted to identify a famous personage singing in an audio clip. I got Richard Harris singing a song from Camelot.
I wrote that I was one of few thousand who bought the album ' Camelot '. The host , Arthur Black replied w/ condolences.
My prize , ' the Book of Canadians ' , a compendium of biographies of famous Canadians.

Back to the OFK , I've been flummoxed by my attempts to find a book to read. I've gone through my library searching for a good read. And failed til two nights ago.
The OFK by T.H. White is a fun read , full of period information and a pretty humble rendering of Arthur , growing up.
Highly , recommended.

Weather : Freezing and very cold. ' The wind cuts like a whetted knife' , which is stolen from ' Sea Fever ' by John Masefield.
Actually , to-day is the rising cold of the week. Yesterday was bitter and it gets colder all through the week. Eegads , what we need colder.

Yesterday , the trip to adventure land was re-newing passports.
First , to the CAA store for photos. Drive to the government offfices , take a ticket and sit and wait 45 minutes. Ours was a shorter wait as people re-applying for a passport. We get to the window to find that one set of photos lacked sufficient space above the top of the head.
Back to the CAA , for a re-take.
Back to the g.o. and another five minute wait ( we had a pass that said ' go straight to the head of the line ' ).
Only the fallback trip to 'Tara ' ( our pub ) saved the day.
Tara's Philly cheese steak is a winner.

Obviously , we survived. M called her friend who lives in a small city , Whitby , east of T.O.. The friend said that at the Whitby g.o. s
you walk up to window and hand in your papers. Whitby would be a 20 minute drive. Hindsight , magnificent. Next time ? Right in 10 years.
The dumb part. I said if we apply for Nexus , the U.S. -Canada  fast pass at the border , we'll try to go outside of T.O. for our personal interview. Good thinking , dumby.