A Letter to My Students During COVID-19

A Letter to My Students From Your Teacher:  Dear Students, Three weeks ago, our days were filled with anticipation for the upcoming spring break. We were finishing the novel “A Separate Peace,” and imaging what it was like to live at the boarding school where the novel takes place. We attempted the Harkness Method of [...]

New Years in Austin

I love all holidays. It's a fact. Christmas is by far my favorite, but I love Valentines Day, St. Patrick's Day, Halloween and the 4th of July almost as much. I figure there is too much negative in the world not to celebrate holidays. I'm a big fan of traveling no matter what time of [...]

Shred 415

Hey fitness fans! I love a good workout, and have been so grateful for Shred 415 in St. Louis. When I lived in Dallas, I was able to go to Flywheel classes daily for free thanks to working there, and was searching for something similar in St. Louis. While no cycling studio could quite measure [...]

Welcome to Cloverandbelle!

Why Cloverandbelle? Way back in 2010, I decided that I was over iphones, and wanted to give androids a try. This phase lasted all of 6 months, but during the changeover I had to create a Gmail account to link to my phone. I couldn't think of a name (because clearly Julia would be too [...]