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Kirk Holland
May 4, 20233 min read
Measuring Up and Feeling Down
Confession: I was reading a book on the bus to school this morning and the entire time I had to put a stop to one of two narratives in my...
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Kirk Holland
May 4, 20233 min read
They Can Say and Do What in Young Adult Books?!?
I've recently taken to reading quite a bit of Young Adult fiction in the last year for what I would assume are obvious reasons. I don't...
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Kirk Holland
Feb 20, 20233 min read
Whoa! This is What Focus is Like?!?
If you're in my generation or before, possibly a smidge after, you know what comes to mind when you hear the letters ADHD. One...
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Kirk Holland
May 5, 20222 min read
We Crave Stories.
Tragedy struck a month ago. As I mentioned in my last blog post, I'd recently started exploring a new story about a gay teenage guy,...
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Kirk Holland
Apr 11, 20222 min read
Choosing Creativity Despite Chaos
Remember that hilarious meme that made its way around which said something to the effect of, "2022 sounds ominously like 2020 too?" Oh so...
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Kirk Holland
Jan 20, 20222 min read
The Damn Shoulds and a Tank On Low
It's that time of the year again. Auditions, rehearsals, designs, theatre class, and self. As a theatre teacher, a job I love, my...
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Kirk Holland
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Take it to the Bank
Giant sand dunes, sprawling grasslands, enormous tree covered rock formations jutting open from flat plains, an old middle eastern city...
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Kirk Holland
May 27, 20213 min read
Dream Come True
I'm an author. Like, officially, I'm a published author. ***Insert mind-blown emoji here*** I was in Portland, Oregon, several summers...
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Kirk Holland
May 10, 20213 min read
Pandemic Production
I'm a bit of a news whore. I love watching it. First thing in the morning, I make my coffee, park my butt on the sofa, and attend my...
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Kirk Holland
May 7, 20212 min read
What's the book that got you?
My first summer job was at a B.Dalton Bookseller at Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas. I was fifteen and had landed the job of my dreams at...
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Kirk Holland
May 5, 20213 min read
Jump off that cliff!
I stood on a cliff in the Philippines about nine meters (or about thirty feet for my States peeps) above a beautiful blue pool fed by...
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Kirk Holland
Apr 28, 20212 min read
What if they don't like my friends?
I've had this close circle of friends for several years now. We would get together on random afternoons and share a cup of coffee,...
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Kirk Holland
Apr 27, 20212 min read
What's your ritual?
I don't know about you, but I'm a creature of habit. In fact, within the last year of living in my new place, I've realized more and more...
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Kirk Holland
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Well damn... I didn't see that coming
I met the Six over six years ago . . . huh, I just noticed that. They've lived with me for years; I getting to know them and getting to...
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