How Did you Find Me: The Journey of Alzheimer’s, by James Heintz

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CHICKENS CAN FLY (June 2016)

It all started with our chickens discovering their wings and what they are good for…flying.
A couple of months back two of our three year old Golden Wyandotte hens began to brood. Hens will brood when they want to hatch their eggs and have little baby chicks. Without a rooster the hen’s effort is in vain resulting in bad attitudes and pecking when disturbed. Three to five weeks on the nest with an occasional hop down to eat and drink is not uncommon.
Following the advice offered in the Backyard Chicken site we visited the feed store in Coos Bay where we purchased four week old chicks and packed them in our cat carrier. The Backyard people told us that if we wanted to introduce new chicks into the flock and there were hen’s brooding we could solve both problems at once. We waited until dark when four of our hens were settled on their roosts and the Wyandotte’s were piled on top of each other in the bigger nest box. We hoisted their feathered buts and slipped the baby chicks under both of them. The hens settled down and all was quite.
The next morning two proud hens were strutting around the chicken yard with their peeping chicks in tow. The four other hens came around the check out the new comers only to discover pecks from the new mamas. All was well for hens and chicks.
Weeks have passed and the fuzz balls have become fast mini chickens who slip through the pickets of the sea green fence into our backyard where grass and fresh green garden sprouts grow. The mom’s found the four foot high fence between them and their unprotected chicks unacceptable. They in anguish and as never before spread their wings and flapped their beach ball bodies over the fence. Within hours the backyard and garden were full of fat hens and chicks gobbling up bug and everything green…almost.
I’m handy in my shop and spent the rest of the day fashioning four wood framed screen that when attached on top of the exiting picket fence created a five foot wall between my green stuff and their big dirt patch known as the chicken yard. Proudly I cleaned and stored my tools and kicked back in my Adirondack chair, which is painted the same color as the picket part of the bigger and better fence.
Hardly a sip of my diet Coke, sweetened with Splenda, had passed my lips when one of the mama’s spotted the chicks squeezing through the fence. Her eyes expanded. Without a second thought she spread the wings on her bomber body and rose up…up and over the fence. I tilted my head to the side and took another drink.

Delivered a handful of my books to Peace Hospital. Good use for my excess inventory.

This Saturday in Florence Oregon I am going to participate in a book sale. 65 authors will participate in the event. Look forward to seeing those of you that can drop by. I'll sign your books and we'll visit.

Just a few days till the Florence Festival of Books! We are excited to be one of the 64 authors sharing their books! Hope you can make it to the Florence Events Center between 10:00-4:00. If you do stop by and say "hi!"

September 29th we will be participating in a book show in Florence Oregon look forward to seeing you there.

Hi, Everyone! Beginning Saturday, May 26th and continuing every Saturday thru October 28th, you can see us at the Florence Boardwalk Market in Old Town. "How Did You Find Me" and "Apple Box Boy" will be on sale there. Hope to see some of you in our beautiful little town!

GREAT NEWS!!!!!

We are glad to inform you that your Book, HOW DID YOU FIND ME? , has been successfully converted to an eBook. The eBook version of your book is now available for sale on the IUniverse online bookstore.

The other day the adult daughter of friends living in California e-mailed me and reported that the book was very helpful for her husband and herself who are dealing with her father-in-laws Alzheimer's. It's always pleasing to know the book works.

James recently learned from his doctor that "How Did You Find Me" is mandatory reading for his patients who have a family member diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The perspective is different from those you will find anywhere else. Peruse it!

Readers continue to contact me and report pleasure in the book and the information shared.