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Friday, November 30, 2012 7:54:56 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Favorite Books at My School and What We're Looking Forward to in 2013:
Kristy said, "As I've told you before, I am the librarian at the American School of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. One of my favorite aspects of my jobs is choosing books to buy for the coming school year. I keep a list throughout the year and add to it all along,..." more
Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:31:09 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Mother's Day:
Kristy said, "Gosh, it's been almost a year since I posted here in my blog. I haven't forgotten. I've just been taking a break, filled up with all that life has been offering and feeling satisfied with the opportunities to touch lives in my day-to-day..." more
Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:11:06 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Highlights for me from this School Year:
Kristy said, "As many of you know I began working last August as a teacher and a librarian at an international school here in Belo Horizonte. This has been a challenging and rewarding experience and has been completely worth it. Here are some highlights of..." more
Thursday, May 5, 2011 6:51:01 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Wonder:
Kristy said, "My cousin is dying of cancer. This is not the first death or long-term sickness in the family that has taken place since I've lived overseas -- my grandmother and grandfather both passed away during the time we've lived in Brazil -- but this has..." more
Thursday, April 7, 2011 5:59:46 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled National Poetry Month:
Kristy said, "I did an exercise with my 12th grade Creative Writing students (all girls!) today where we wrote a poem about a time we felt angry and then took phrases from it to write a scene in our longer piece of fiction we are working on for the end of the..." more
Sunday, April 3, 2011 11:03:11 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled kristydempsey @ 2011-04-03T15:11:00:
Kristy said, "I'm a a little late jumping in this year to celebrate National Poetry Month on LJ. I've been at an Educator's Conference in Campinas, Brazil. It was refreshing and overwhelming all at once and I know it will impact my students and my teaching..." more
Thursday, March 31, 2011 11:34:29 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled AASSA:
Kristy said, "I'm currently in Campinas (near São Paulo) at the AASSA (Association of American Schools in South America) conference. I'm choosing to focus mainly on the librarian and literacy tracks. I'm also looking forward to meeting other American..." more
Friday, March 4, 2011 7:35:03 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Friday Five:
Kristy said, " 1. Things that prove I sometimes have the maturity of an 8 year old boy: I *barely* held in my giggles this week when we were talking about the truism "Don't tell me the sky is the limit. There are footprints on the moon" and a..." more
Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:02:18 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Learning from students:
Kristy said, "If I ever needed motivation to pick up a book I thought I'd NEVER be interested in, I now have a new one. After 6th grade J recommended the Young Sherlock Holmes series (by Andrew Lane) to me, I decided to read his favorite one just to have a point..." more
Saturday, February 5, 2011 7:41:37 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Interview Alert:
Kristy said, " An interview with yours truly just went live here. But really, you're going to want to click that link because there's a day's worth of clickability right there on Christie Wright Wild's site. Maybe I'm the only one who's easily distracted and..." more
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 4:39:06 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Looking Back 2010:
Kristy said, "I'm loving all these retrospectives and it's made me go back and think about this past year in my life. I tend not to do that. Think back. It makes me see all the missed opportunities or times when I could have accomplished more, if I'd just done..." more
Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:35:14 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled National Book Award:
Kristy said, " Kathryn Erskine received the National Book Award for Young People's Literature last night for MOCKINGBIRD! "
Saturday, October 30, 2010 8:13:26 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled This week's gem:
Kristy said, "Elementary school K, speaking as if he were letting me in on a "secret": Ms. Kristy, did you know that you are a "fake blonde"? Because I can see the darker places at the top of your head. Putting aside that even..." more
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 8:35:41 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Congratulations, Kathy!:
Kristy said, "I'm so happy for dear Kathy Erskine, author of MOCKINGBIRD, and newly announced National Book Award Finalist. Such a deserved recognition for this fabulous book!"
Sunday, October 10, 2010 10:03:05 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Storytelling (a late Poetry Friday post):
Kristy said, "Most of you know I have been working at an international school as the creative writing teacher and the librarian. Although it's been pretty much a perfect fit for me, so much about this job has caused me to stretch in my abilities. I do not..." more
Friday, September 24, 2010 12:28:32 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Speak Loudly:
Kristy said, "I'm joining the chorus by singing the same verse others have sung before me, because they said it as well or better than I ever could. I am a sincere fallible Christian, a sometimes-doubting-Thomas who on my best days struggles to articulate this..." more
Monday, September 13, 2010 3:49:29 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled kristydempsey @ 2010-09-13T19:04:00:
Kristy said, " I keep a commonplace book/journal that holds thoughts, quotes and the occasional drawing. (Stop laughing, those of you who know I cannot draw a straight line.) (Seriously. I mean it. You're distracting me from telling my story.)Anyway,..." more
Monday, August 16, 2010 4:18:18 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Things that make my days:
Kristy said, "1. After helping cute little 3rd grader find the book he was looking for (on fashion, no less, of which we only had a few and the only promising one was more on costume design than fashion), he came back up to me and said, "Miss? I really do..." more
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:42:12 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Huh? What? Wait. My head is spinning with the dizziness.:
Kristy said, "Yes, I know it's been too long since I posted. Just be glad this isn't Smell-o-vision. I haven't showered since exercise. But I'm really just popping in to say hi and to say I am loving my librarian/ creative writing teacher job. So many books still..." more
Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:47:18 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Sofa Rules:
Kristy said, "We have just recovered our sofas. Or rather, we've PAID someone to reupholster and reinforce sofas we bought seven years ago brand new. Seven years? Do your sofas wear out that often? We have three children, and during that time have had two..." more
Monday, July 12, 2010 5:57:04 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Oh, Gravy. Good Gravy!:
Kristy said, "Look at that! It's been three weeks since I've posted. Oh the shame. Rather than allow you to believe I've just been sitting around eating bon-bons (ahem.) let me catch you up to speed on what's gone down in Casa Dempsey over the past three.1. We..." more
Monday, June 21, 2010 8:10:44 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled What I am up to:
Kristy said, " Taking a cue from lgburns Monday post, here's my own WHAT I AM UP TO:1. Packing to return to Brazil after spending a year in the US. We have 8 bags, 2 boxes, 5 carry-ons and six personal items (backpacks or purses) plus one..." more
Thursday, June 3, 2010 7:05:39 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Peeking through the cracks and fissures:
Kristy said, "I've gone mostly dark due to reading and writing and an untimely surgery, but I wanted to stop by to share this quote from Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks and a Writer's Life by Kathleen Norris, because it has everything to do with the novel..." more
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:00:18 AM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled NESCBWI 2010 #1:
Kristy said, " I'll have much more to share about the NESCBWI conference in days to come, but for now just let me say that thanks to lurban , I learned a new way to wrap a scarf around my neck this weekend. And since I'm feeling particularly puny..." more
Sunday, April 13, 2014 1:22:54 PM
Kristy Dempsey wrote a blog post titled Redirect!:
Kristy said, "My blog and website are now hosted at kristydempsey.com! Please visit there for updated news."