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About Fenster

Gainfully employed for thirty years, including as one of those high paid college administrators faculty complain about. Earned Ph.D. late in life and converted to the faculty side. Those damn administrators are ruining everything.

More Lyons

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I posted some photos of a Victorian again gracefully in Lyons, NY. Actually, the photo didn’t do justice, and I mean to the deterioration, which is pretty far advanced when you see it in person.  In truth, a … Continue reading →

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A Little Something on Higher Education

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Fenster

I am a recovering college administrator with an interest in, and a love for, education.  So you may have to bear with me if I post from time to time on that topic.  I have a now mostly abandoned site … Continue reading →

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Aging Gracefully

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Pretty far into aging, but still graceful.  Lyons, NY.

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A Short Ode to Upstate New York

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Here is a short ode to upstate, illustrated by two pictures taken in the last couple of days. ——————– If you are seeking some sodas in Sodus, You can get a good deal for a buck.   But … Continue reading →

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A Way with Words

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The term rhetoric is an evocative one for an Ivy wannabe like me.  It summons up all the mysterious virtues of a classical education, the kind of education that some of the co-authors on this blog suffered through … Continue reading →

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The Lost Tribe of Massachusetts

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The political and cultural commentator Walter Russell Mead is always entertaining and almost always spot-on (though IMHO he can sometimes can miss the boat).  He recently wrote about what he termed the Mormon utopia in Utah, by which he … Continue reading →

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Upstate New York

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: There’s an old saying to the effect that the little stations are happy because the big trains pass them by.  Something like that is at work in upstate New York, a place that is charming in direct relation to … Continue reading →

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Put Down That Bacon

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: My first post here and I am thinking about how and whether the site will cohere or whether it is likely to be pretty shaggy and wide-ranging.  I favor the latter. Still and all, it might be nice from … Continue reading →

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