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Canalside, Buffalo 2015

My Favorite Cartoonist, Today

Chon Day

The Streets of Ierapetra

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July Talk, Buffalo 2016

My Favorite Song, Today

More From Ierapetra

This set of photos were captured on the waterfront and around the Old Town neighborhood of Ierapetra, on the south coast of Crete. The door below is to a house reputed to be the place where Napoleon stayed before launching his invasion of Egypt in 1798.

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Emma, 2010

My Favorite Photographer, Today

Helen Levitt, New York City 1940

Toonerville Thursday

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Climate Activists Demonstrate, Athens 2019

My Favorite Cartoonist, Today

J.R. Williams

This Week's Playlist & Podcast

Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

We broadcast a special Christmas edition of Dr. John’s Record Shelf this past Sunday. Below in the playlist, and you can listen to the entire program by clicking here.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

Christmas is My Time of Year, Monkees

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Dion

Twas the Night Before Christmas, Chipmunks

All Alone on Christmas, Darlene Love

Goin’ Home (Sing a Song of Christmas Cheer), Bobby Sherman

Frosty the Snowman, Jan & Dean

Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy, Buck Owens

Everything’s Going to Be Cool This Christmas, Eels

Space Christmas, Allo Darlin’

Mele Kalikimaka, Bing Crosby

Santa Teach Me to Dance, Debby & the Darnells

It’s Christmas All Over Again, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Saint Nikolas war eine seeman, Freddy Quinn

Christmas Time Is Here Again, Beatles

It Must Be Santa, Bob Dylan

Ole Santa, Dinah Washington

I’ll Make Everyday Christmas, Joe Tex

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Ella Fitzgerald

Run Rudolph Run, Chuck Berry

Kissin’ By the Mistletoe, Aretha Franklin

Purple Snowflakes, Marvin Gaye

The Christmas Song, Carmen McRae

Please Come Home for Christmas, Charles Brown

Happy Christmas Everybody, Tony Christie

Shake hands With Santa Claus, Louis Prima & Keely Smith

That Old Christmas Moon, Leon Redbone

Back Door Santa, Clarence Carter

I’d Like You For Christmas, Julie London

Everyday Will Be Like  a Holiday, William Bell

Twelve Days of Christmas, Bob & Doug McKenzie

Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne, Jimi Hendrix

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Actors Backstage, Shakespeare in Delaware Park, 2019

My Favorite Spirit Splash Page, Today

Ierapetra

Ierapetra is a city on the southern coast of Crete. If I remember correctly, it is also the southernmost city in Europe, and Napoleon's headquarters for his invasion of Egypt. Here are a few photos that I collected in and around the city.