Jeffee Palmer
Lawyer, history buff, writer, mother, grandmother, native Texan, UT grad, and proud Austinite!-
Author Archives: nowandthenadays
Austin, Cedar Capital of the World!!
I’m reposting my blog post from January, 2014, because it’s just so darn timely. If you are in Austin now and still not sneezing and dripping, don’t count your chickens, yet. Our annual pollination festival is amping up slowly. … Continue reading
Beer in the Backyard with George W
Lumbering along the long and winding campaign trail to find a Republican candidate to run against Hillary (or Joe, Martin, or Bernie), it’s hard to ignore the reality show that is Donald Trump. He dominates most news and public affairs … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged assholes, Atlantic magazine, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, jerks, Jerry Useem, Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, narcissists, presidential campaign, Rush Limbaugh, Ted Cruz
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Various Shades of Confederate Grey
Aroused by the shootings in South Carolina and the Confederate Flag controversy, Austinites are among many Southerners who are debating whether to purge its city of statues of Confederate leaders, along with considering name changes for the buildings and schools … Continue reading
Texas, Where our Government is Worse than our Weather
One thing we often say of Texas weather: Just wait a day and it will change. Too bad we can’t say the same thing about our political leadership – it just gets (un)progressively worse with little improvement in the forecast. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged constitution, Dan Patrick, freedom of religion, Ken Paxton, marriage license, Supreme Court, Tea Party, Texas government
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Duck and Cover Redux
Like most of us who grew up in the early 1960s, I remember the strange public safety drills we practiced at school. The fire drill made sense. At the sounding of three loud tones over the PA system, we’d line … Continue reading
The United States of Wonderland
A few weeks ago, I found myself wondering where to find the elevator to get me out of this rabbit hole in which I found myself. Until that point, the world could get pretty crazy, but I would never have … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Austin traffic, Bob Schieffer, Boehner, Kardashians, Peepsqueeze, Rick Perry, rubbernecking, Tom Cotton
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The Patrick 55 and Super-Access Toll Road
Don’t expect a rosy report from me regarding Texas’s new all-guy crop of officials who took office last month. To feel any hope whatsoever, you need to be uber-Christian, gun loving, anti-women’s choice and equal pay, or a big business … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Dan Patrick, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ken Paxton, T. Boone Pickens, Team of Rivals, Texas government, Texas Senate
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How I Decided to Live with my Bibliophilism
Talk about futility. I thought I had almost made it through the end of the year and holiday season with my addiction under control. As you probably realize from the title, I don’t shop or eat fruit cakes in excess … Continue reading
Do More than Think: VOTE!
I almost started my entry today with one of my long musings on a subject, specifically, one extolling the virtues of democracy and fulfilling our obligations as good citizens by being good voters. But I decided you deserved something pithier, … Continue reading
Feminism, Thy Name is not Beyoncé
It shouldn’t surprise anyone to hear that I’ve long considered myself a feminist. I also thought that I could identify a sister feminist when I saw one. I would not have picked Taylor Swift as one, but in September’s Rolling … Continue reading
Posted in Women
Tagged Annie Lennox, Beyonce, Emma Watson, feminism, HeForShe, Lena Dunham, Longreads, On Point, Taylor Swift, Tom Ashbrook
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Now and Thenadays 