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About dahnajeen

I'm Donna Jean Hunter. My 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Patterson told me I was a great writer and would be an author when I grew up. She always had me read my stories to the class, and even took me around to the other classrooms to have me read to them. I'm pretty sure the other kids all hated me that year. I don't care though. I love Mrs. Patterson. Of course she did not know then about the Internet and blogging and how much of what people read would no longer be on paper when I grew up. I have had a few things published in a college literary journal, and for a while during college, I actually received pay for working as a technical writer. But so far, I have not been able to say that I'm a writer in the sense that it is what I do for a living. I still sort of dream of that happening one day. But in the meantime, I teach high school English, and can't stop being a writer whether anyone reads it or not. I hope someone enjoys some of it.

I really need to update my blog more often . . .

Posted on February 12, 2016 by dahnajeen
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Thanks, Ladies

Posted on October 3, 2015 by dahnajeen

It’s funny to me how little things start the synapses firing, interesting the trains of thought our brains run on. Recently, I put some Carmex on my lips from a roller tube and remembered when they didn’t have those, but … Continue reading →

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Adorable Argument

Posted on September 27, 2014 by dahnajeen

You poked my heart. (Still taken from Tara Willmott’s Youtube video. Link to video below.) This video, in addition to being adorable, I think contains a lesson (or a few) for many of us “grown-ups.” Here are some parallels I … Continue reading →

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Johnny Carson and Bangs

Posted on September 11, 2014 by dahnajeen

One of the stories I taught to my 10th graders this week (“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker) prompted a discussion of what makes things valuable, and what one possession they would choose to save if they could only save one thing. So, … Continue reading →

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I see you.

Posted on September 6, 2014 by dahnajeen

Tonight at a restaurant, I saw a young man (30ish) sitting at a table across from an older man. Could have been his dad; I don’t know. They spoke very little. The younger man sat facing my direction, just a … Continue reading →

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Are you blessed? Or are you bragging?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by dahnajeen

Some days I feel it more deeply than other days – the empty, achy feeling caused by the lack of something I’ve always wanted desperately, but cannot have. It doesn’t matter what it is; my point would apply to any … Continue reading →

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Daddies Matter

Posted on June 14, 2014 by dahnajeen

There is just no substitute for Daddy.  There is nothing else that can fill the space meant to be filled by a good, loving father who is actively involved on a daily basis in his children’s lives, and on a … Continue reading →

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Silver Lining? No? Oh.

Posted on December 30, 2013 by dahnajeen

Once, years ago, I noticed this beautiful head of hair in front of me in a public place. I thought it was a young woman with platinum blonde hair. Then she turned around and I saw that she was – … Continue reading →

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I Am You, You Are Me

Posted on December 18, 2013 by dahnajeen

We are all connected, joined together by invisible threads. When we hurt one other person, we hurt ourselves, hurt humanity. Each of us is all of us. Love each other.

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A Christmas Fantasy

Posted on December 14, 2013 by dahnajeen

Here’s how it would be in my world: There would be no such thing as Christmas once a year.  All of the good things about Christmas would be divided evenly by 12 and scattered throughout the year.  (All of the … Continue reading →

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