February 20: Hungarian Hospitality: Come “Hungary!”

February 20: Hungarian Hospitality: Come “Hungary!”

If you had asked me even a month ago how many Hungry/Hungary puns were appropriate per paragraph, essay, or even blog on the subject, my answer would have been a conservative estimate of 0-1 per 5,000 words. Regarding what I am about to do, please read the following:

In honor of Fasching Tuesday tomorrow, and subsequently the start of Lent, I’ll take a tone of contrition. Gentle reader, forgive me for the puns I am about to make, because I have never been offered such a delightful variety of delicious treats, and consequently, the next time I return to Hungry, I will be bringing trousers with an elastic waistband. Continue reading →

February 17: In which I embark upon a description of my daily duties, and occasional epiphanies.

February 17: In which I embark upon a description of my daily duties, and occasional epiphanies.

I have not enumerated half the vexatious propensities of my pupils, or half the troubles resulting form my heavy responsibilities, for fear of trespassing too much upon the reader’s patience as, perhaps, I have already done; but my design in writing the few last pages was not to amuse, but to benefit those whom it might concern; he that has no interest in such matters will doubtless have skipped them over with a cursory glance, and, perhaps, a malediction against the prolixity of the writerl but if a parent has, therefrom, gathered any useful hint, or an unfortunate governess received thereby the slightest benefit, I am well rewarded for my pains. –Agnes Grey, Anne Bronte Continue reading →