RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Island insights that go beyond the tram.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Sample Chapters

The Wandering Man, a thriller I couldn’t wait to get back to…

Tammany Hall controlled New York City Detective Doherty’s life revolves around the political machine. A case from years past is reopened, sending him on a chase for The Wandering Man through New York City and down many dead ends. Order…

A René Magritte Parody: His Invisible Cat

Rene Magritte’s Invisible Cat and why you can’t see him… Walking into a room of Rene Magritte’s paintings is like entering a workout gymnasium for your brain. Nothing expected happens with Rene Magritte, even when you expect the unexpected. By David Stone…

…And Night, Meditation #10, from the last section of “A Million Different Things”

….And Night, Meditation #10 is from the final section of my book, A Million Different Things: Meditations of The World’s Happiest Man, is all about time and how we learn to create past and future. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large…

A Million Different Things Make One …And Night: Motivation Habits Meditation

And Night, Meditation #11 is from A Million Different Things: Meditations of The World’s Happiest Man, and is concerned with motivation, habits and meditation. By David Stone The picture… The picture is persistently reinforced within us that there is someone a…

Black Cat Parody: How Roy Lichtenstein Changed Art, Then and Now

Roy Lichtenstein’s black cat parody… Roy Fox Lichtenstein was one of the most interesting and peculiar artists of the 20th Century. He had a long career of innovative artwork but is best known for a short burst of comic book parodies….

Office Cat Mischief: Parody On The Art Of Edouard Vuillard

Edouard Vuillard’s Office Cat… Visual artists invent worlds to put their work in context. Creativity spills into the world where you, I and cats live… By David Stone  Edouard Vuillard, for example, lived in a particularly ripe time that included…

Parody: Which Is Really Picasso’s Cat Before A Mirror?

Picasso’s Cat Before A Mirror… You’d have an interesting time and very likely get lost, if you embarked on a hike through Pablo Picasso’s mind, like this cat did. From Famous Artists’ Cats: The Book By David Stone There’s no…

Beautiful Black Cat Admires His Reflection in Monet’s Garden

About the black cat in Monet’s garden….. By David Stone Claude Monet moved to Giverny in 1883. He was 43 years old and a recent widower with two children. His life, once so difficult he attempted suicide, impoverished and unrecognized,…

Lucky To Have Her

Lucky To Have Her is Chapter One From the Novel by David Stone You can say I failed. I won’t disagree with you. But life is a story told after the fact. At what did I or does anyone else…