Jeffee Palmer
Lawyer, history buff, writer, mother, grandmother, native Texan, UT grad, and proud Austinite!-
Tag Archives: Austin
The Wisdom of Marian the Librarian
I know everyone is eagerly waiting to hear more about the Sharpstown scandal, which I began explaining in my last post. But don’t worry, it’s in the pipeline. As I close down 2023, however, I’ll share something I’ve been thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Bob Bullock, Comptroller's Office, e-bike, Enchanted Rock, Marian the Librarian, Robin Cravey, Susie Huber
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Zelma for President!!!
The woman known as Bicycle Annie has found her way to my pages of Austin memories on several occasions. During the 50s, 60s, and 70s, she was a frequent sight along the Drag (the part of Guadalupe on the western … Continue reading
Posted in Great Lessons, Old/New Austin, Women
Tagged Austin, Bicycle Annie, Choctaw, homeless, Indian Princess, Leslie, native american rights, woman president, Zelma O’Riley
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The Scars and Detours of this Pandemic
Yesterday, as I traveled down one of Austin’s neighborhood streets that does double duty as an east-west thoroughfare, I impulsively detoured from my route home. Some quirk of the mind summoned me to deviate a few blocks south to pass … Continue reading
Posted in Great Lessons
Tagged Austin, Bryker Woods, Charles Blow, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Kickball, Pandemic
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Austin’s Sickening Cedar Problem
Most years I feel a civic duty to warn my fellow Austin residents that cedar fever season is upon us. If you are in Austin now and still not sneezing and dripping, don’t count your chickens, yet. The annual pollination … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Old/New Austin
Tagged allergies, allergy shots, Austin, Cedar, kleenex, pollen, sinus infection, Sudafed
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Keep Your Cleats Off of Austin’s Parkland!
Have they lost their collective minds? I’m talking about Austin city council members who are considering a plan from Columbus, Ohio’s professional soccer team, Crew Soccer Club, to move to Austin and build a stadium on downtown lakeside parkland – … Continue reading
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
My Longest Love Affair
Witnessing the trees that sway like dancers from the vantage of my window, I’m reminded anew of my origins as nature’s child. As the trees awake from their winter slumber and the symphony of another spring reaches its crescendo, I … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Old/New Austin
Tagged Austin, Earth Day, Frank Erwin, Lions Municipal Golf Course, Ross Perot, Thoreau, Treaty Oak, trees, University of Texas
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Austin Makes Me Sick!!!
Among the reasons for not moving to Austin, I bet you think our atrocious traffic problem and lack of mass transit is at the top of the list. Or the lack of affordable housing. Or the high property taxes. But you’d … Continue reading
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Tagged allergies, Austin, cedar fever, cedar tree, juniper, traffic
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Austin May be Weird, But Portland is Cool!
I’m not generally known as a travel blogger (assuming I’m known for anything at all), but a recent trip to Portland was motivation for me to write about that city for its sheer audacity, if nothing else. Portland, you see, … Continue reading
Posted in Old/New Austin, Travel
Tagged ACL, Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Austin City Limits, Circuit of the Americas, Dick Fagan, Keep Austin Weird, leprechauns, light rail, Mills' Ends Park, Patrick O'Toole, Portland, Powell's City of Books, SxSW, Voodoo Donuts, Whole Foods, Zilker Park
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Now and Thenadays 