Typhoon Odette – David Haldane

March 9, 2023

The Death of a Tree

By David Haldane March 9, 2023 Though I never touched it personally, my children swung from its branches. And hearing their laughter always filled me […]

November 24, 2022

Magic Chimes

By David Haldane Nov. 24, 2022 Let’s just say it’s been a difficult 12 months. The year began, you may recall, with last December’s […]

November 3, 2022

Standing In

By David Haldane Nov. 3, 2022 I had an entirely different lede in mind for this column. I expected it to say that the […]

October 6, 2022

Globe At Home: No Escape

By David Haldane Oct. 6, 2022 It seemed like a good idea. In fact, it was the only idea because none of the country’s […]

September 29, 2022

Our Trembling House

By David Haldane September 29, 2022 Our house gets the shakes almost every day. It usually happens in the middle of the night, when […]

August 4, 2022

Paradise Reclaimed. Again

by David Haldane August 4, 2022 There was good news and bad news on our first return to Siargao Island in the wake of […]

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 26, 2022

The Past Swept Away

By David Haldane January 27, 2021 There was something comforting about living across the street from a monument to history. On Tuesday mornings, we’d […]

January 6, 2022