coronavirus – Page 3 – David Haldane

January 28, 2021

A Poke in the Arm

By David Haldane Jan. 28, 2021 The long line of cars snaked through the landscape like an angry serpent. At each of several intervals stood […]

January 7, 2021

Landlocked

By David Haldane Jan. 7, 2021 The official notice came on New Year’s Day. “Ban on Entry of Travelers from the United States,” screamed the […]

December 31, 2020

Adira in the Morning

By David Haldane Dec. 31, 2020 A gentle tapping on the shoulder. That’s how my mornings begin in these uncertain times. Eventually, I open my […]

December 24, 2020

The New COVID Elite

By David Haldane Dec. 24, 2020 So far, I have noticed no change. She is still the lovely, sweet-tempered woman I married more than […]

December 18, 2020

The Pod

By David Haldane Dec. 17, 2020 In the culture of resistance, they call them cells. Small circles of like-minded comrades with little or no connection […]

December 3, 2020

Civil Disobedience

By David Haldane Dec. 3, 2020 The instructions couldn’t have been clearer. Reacting to an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases just before Thanksgiving, the Governor […]

November 26, 2020

A C0VID Thanksgiving

By David Haldane Nov. 26, 2020 The timing was perfect. Less than a week before Thanksgiving–the quintessential American holiday during which families and friends gather […]

November 19, 2020

Blood Pressure: Why Mine is Lower in the Philippines

By David Haldane Nov. 19, 2020 At first, I didn’t believe it. “Your blood pressure is very high,” the doctor said, looking several degrees sterner […]

October 29, 2020