RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Daily beats from a quieter Manhattan.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

spiritual awakening

Are Ghosts Really Everywhere, Eager For Us To Notice?

Are ghosts everywhere? When I was a kid, Halloween sent us out swinging jack-o-lanterns at our sides. Our paper bags begged for candy. We knew ghosts were make-believe. Casper the Friendly Ghost or the scarier spooks of Rod Serling. Now,…

Secrets of Meditation, Mysteries of Sleep

Secrets of meditation blend with the mysteries of sleep. They’re close cousins, maybe twins. Where do you go? Into what unexplored universe do you wander when your eyes close, your breath slows and the room is quiet and comfortable? Related:…

Hard Dreams Poem

Hard Dreams poem.. One night, deep in an uncertain period in my life, I sat in the dark, smoking a cigarette and looking down a narrow alley to the street at a single streetlight. Cars and trucks blurred under it….

…tremendous lie of sleep… Poetry by David Stone

  …tremendous lie of sleep… By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Was Cummings right?Is it a lie untethering the common lietossing us like formless energyinto timeless space where everything happens at once? Among the insane features of sleep,…