Repairs – David Haldane

July 13, 2023

Scrapes in the Night

By David Haldane July 13, 2023 It was the scrape you never want to hear. A dull rub from the car’s right rear end as […]

July 14, 2022

Time Travel

By David Haldane July 14, 2022 It’s as if we’ve stepped back in time. Outside our window lies a pile of decaying debris. The veranda […]

April 7, 2022

Another Day Off

By David Haldane April 7, 2022 The silence was unsettling. On a Monday morning usually given to the strangely soothing sounds of hammers crunching nails, […]

January 6, 2022

Thanks Very Big

By David Haldane Jan. 6, 2022 The video is hard to watch without getting emotional. In it, dozens of neighbors gather at the Siargao Island […]

December 30, 2021

Swept Away

By David Haldane Dec. 30, 2021 It was only a typewriter. An antique machine upon which, many years ago, I began to write. Now it […]

January 29, 2019

Home

By David Haldane Aug. 2, 2018 The thing that finally got to me was the abundance of tears. Some belonged to friends plainly sad to […]

January 3, 2019

Our House is a Very, Very, Very Fine House

By David Haldane Jan. 3, 2019 The thing about our house is that it has an echo. More of a rumble, really. If you’re on the […]

November 29, 2018

Moving Up

October 25, 2018

Watching The Paint Dry

By David Haldane Oct. 25, 2018 It’s not as if we don’t have other things to do. There’s cooking, washing the clothes, taking Isaac to school, […]