Aging – David Haldane

June 14, 2026

Boomers: Emboldened or Embalmed?

By David Haldane June 15, 2026 My six-year-old daughter said something mind-altering the other day. We were nearing the end of our long […]

January 26, 2026

An Inglorious Absence of Light

By David Haldane January 26, 2026 For the first time in nearly a decade of living in the Philippines, I honestly considered moving back […]

August 11, 2025

Robbing the Cradle

By David Haldane August 11, 2025 The findings didn’t surprise me. A study published in Psychology Today examines the question of which partner is […]

August 12, 2024

Dangerous Old Dads

By David Haldane Aug. 12, 2024 I’ve got a confession. My youngest child wasn’t born until I was 71. Now she’s a beautiful […]

March 5, 2024

Reading Your Own Obituary

By David Haldane March 4, 2024 I have a confession. Sometimes I imagine my own obituary. What will it say, I wonder, and how […]

August 17, 2023

Barbie Brouhaha

By David Haldane Aug. 17, 2023 I went to see Barbie because it almost got banned in the Philippines. The problem, it turns out, […]

July 20, 2023

Flailing in the Dark

By David Haldane July 19, 2023 It happened again the other day. “Hey, Isaac,” I said to my 12-year-old son, “let’s go to…uh…you know…uh…I mean…damn…you […]

April 20, 2023

Trophy American Husband

By David Haldane April 20, 2023 A kept man. That’s how some of my friends see me. But here’s the thing: I don’t […]

February 17, 2023

American Expat Launches Book on Finding Island Home

Cebu Jose Joya Gallery LITERARY TREATS 2023: A TOOTH IN MY POPSICLE BY DAVID HALDANE BOOK LAUNCH APRIL 12th, 15th, and 25th. […]

February 2, 2023

Old

By David Haldane Feb. 2, 2023 I had no idea we were swimming with saviors. It was 2006, and I was in the Philippines […]

October 27, 2022

Aching Testicles

By David Haldane October 27, 2022 It was 3 a.m. and my patience was thinning. I had come to St. Paul Surigao University Hospital […]

August 18, 2022

Fear of Forgetting

By David Haldane August 18, 2022 One of my most vivid memories of Dad is hearing him fall through the wall of our house. It […]