September 30, 2024

Cosmic Comedy

By David Haldane Sept. 30, 2024     I had just finished breakfast when the phone rang. It was my wife, crying like I’d never heard […]
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 […]
February 11, 2024

A Late Reinvention

A true story of true love, no matter how truly unconventional   The Manila Times Sunday Magazine 11 Feb 2024 BY DAVID HALDANE   IT started […]
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 […]
March 23, 2023

Donuts or Bagels?

 By David Haldane March 23, 2023     For years, it was a morning ritual. I would arise early, get the kids ready for school, and […]
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 […]
February 12, 2019

Seventy

By David Haldane Feb. 12, 2019 My seventieth birthday came like a thief in the night. Instead of robbing me, though, it left me with riches. […]
August 16, 2018

Squatting Rock

By David Haldane Aug. 16, 2018   The smile on the old woman’s face said it all. It was creased, like a twisted canyon burned into […]