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Michael Ross Holland

Michael Ross Holland

A Day on the Rooftops

They all look the same. One after the next, block after block. From my vantage high above the pavement that runs like an airstrip through…

Apr 9, 2017

A Day on the Rooftops

Apr 9, 2017

Michael Ross Holland

The Buzz on life

Burrowed deep within my sleeping bag and a few additional comforters, I find a tunnel within the folds and poke my head through. I let out…

Jan 31, 2017

The Buzz on life

Jan 31, 2017

Michael Ross Holland

Statua Rota

Off of 7th avenue and 54th street in downtown Bogotá, there is a small brewery that stays open late. The brewery is a bright box of light —…

Jun 7, 2016

Statua Rota

Jun 7, 2016

Michael Ross Holland

Clumsy in Colombia

I awake to a solitary figure standing outside my tent. A dark energy begins to boil in my belly until I realize that although I’ve never…

Jun 3, 2016

Clumsy in Colombia

Jun 3, 2016

Michael Ross Holland

El Refugio

I pour myself a cup of coffee and train my eyes on El Principito (The Little Prince), a children’s book I’m attempting to read in Spanish…

May 18, 2016

El Refugio

May 18, 2016

Michael Ross Holland

Dila

While I write in Dila’s living room, she pops her head in for the tenth time in an hour.

May 11, 2016

Dila

May 11, 2016

Michael Ross Holland

Home Sweet Home

Juan-Cristo lives in a single-story, three room home on the outskirts of Suesca. We turn off from one dirt road and onto the next and our…

Apr 24, 2016

Home Sweet Home

Apr 24, 2016

Michael Ross Holland

Arrival

On approach I peer out the window of the plane and get a look at the city. Bogotá. I track the roads as they dissect the city into hundreds…

Apr 10, 2016

Arrival

Apr 10, 2016

Michael Ross Holland

Tize

Jan 6, 2016

Tize

Jan 6, 2016

Michael Ross Holland

Excerpts from Africa

Nacombogo, Burkina Faso:

Dec 17, 2015

Excerpts from Africa

Dec 17, 2015

Michael Ross Holland

Michael Ross Holland

Climber and Writer based in Wyoming. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Social Worker. Dirtbag living in his car.

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