September 2, 2024

Here We Go Again!

  By David Haldane Sept. 2, 2024     I awoke this morning to a headline that seemed strangely familiar. “Two more mpox cases detected!” it […]
May 6, 2024

Cruelly Tortured Cats

By David Haldane May 6, 2024     It looks like I’ve finally hit a nerve. By which I mean, written something brazenly offensive enough to […]
May 18, 2023

Empty Corridors

By David Haldane May 18, 2023     Standing alone in the hallway of a darkened hospital, I cursed out loud. Then the situation’s absurdity hit […]
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.       […]
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 […]
June 30, 2022

This is Insane

  By David Haldane June 30, 2022   We’ve all heard the stories. A young man with a smiling disposition goes into his room one day […]
February 3, 2022

Embracing the New Normal

By David Haldane Feb. 3, 2022     It started as a mild itch in the throat. It developed into a deep-throated cough. And then I […]
December 9, 2021

Double-edged Sword

By David Haldane Dec. 9. 2021   My wife, Ivy, came home with some good news yesterday; the small community hospital she works at in Big […]
August 19, 2021

The House on the Hill

By David Haldane August 19, 2021     He could sometimes be disagreeable. A man with strong opinions, he seldom held them back. And whatever inner […]
August 12, 2021

No Place Like Home

By David Haldane August 12, 2021   The moment was sweet. Hunkered down in my office, I heard a commotion downstairs and decided to investigate. There, […]
August 5, 2021

A Stick Up My Nose

By David Haldane August 5, 2021   The masked swabbers came for me today. They brought both good news and bad. The good news was that […]
July 29, 2021

Stuck Behind Walls

By David Haldane July 29, 2021     It could be worse, of course. I could be without Internet, TV and a view of the construction […]