Essays

From time to time I write short pieces on topics or events that interest me—and that’s what you’ll find collected here.

  • 02 Mar. — A little piece I wrote at the California State High School Wrestling Championships in 2013. It’s a sport I really happen to love and at the time it had been announced that wrestling would be removed from the olympics. But thanks to Japan winning the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and a huge international effort, it remains—whew…
  • Independence = Travel — Here’s another piece I wrote for the Golden Pen Writers Guild. Our assignment was to write something on “Independence”.
  • College Flashback — During a quick pleasure trip to Flagstaff, Arizona, hearing a song playing in the background at the Northern Arizona University bookstore took me back. Way, WAY back…
  • Purple – Here’s another piece I wrote for the Golden Pen Writers Guild. Our assignment was to write something on “purple”.
  • Classical RevivalA brief blog piece about the joys of studying the classics…and a lamentation on the current state of classical education.

All writing is © Douglas P. Kendrick, all rights reserved.