Protestors have notified me they plan to be outside today’s staff meeting with Washington State Public Lands Commissioner, Hilary Franz. She has been traveling across the state to address morale. After announcing last year that less than 10 people “chose” to leave DNR due to the vaccine, accommodations are being denied and my sources say the # is closer to between 150-200. Despite no mandate for federal wildland firefighters, state firefighters under Franz must be vaccinated, even thorough they often work together. Meanwhile, Franz recently tested positive for COVID. If you remember - I was fired from DNR for my COVID videos. I’m scheduled to interview those at the protest. What would you like to know? Franz is likely running for Governor in 2024.
https://www.q13fox.com/news/wa-commissioner-of-public-lands-hilary-franz-tests-positive-for-covid-19
We went to a kid rodeo today and saw mutton bustin’ for the first time. If you’re not familiar, it’s like bull riding but on a sheep and meant for little kids to learn. The sheep just haul tail as fast as they can. Most kids fall off in less than a second or two. This kid was not letting his sheep get off so easy.
It’s that time of year again when my neighbors stare at me like I’m totally insane (wait that’s everyday) while I take an early morning dip in the cow water trough.
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Sydney Sweeney, who? Check out my grandmom Dorothy (Dr. Chip’s mom, I call her “Granny”), on her 99th birthday yesterday. She has 6 children and 9 grandchildren along with a bunch of great grandkids. The second photo shows my dad’s oldest brother and youngest sister, my Uncle Ned and Aunt Karil. My grandfather was a pediatrician who did house calls, and Granny went back to school to be a nurse once her kids were older. She was able to reverse Type 2 diabetes with diet changes. One of those, my dad got her to start drinking kefir daily years ago. But perhaps her best practice: she never refuses the chance to take an afternoon nap, and the older I get, the more I’m with her on the value of rest. Here’s to 100 next year!
