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

09/03/2019

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07/02/2016

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.

01/08/2015

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

09/27/2012

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.

09/24/2012

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!"

08/31/2012

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

05/16/2012

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!

04/01/2012

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.

01/25/2012

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.

12/13/2011

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!

10/18/2011

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

04/12/2011

My wife and I are close to moving away from Portland, Oregon and back to our home in Florence. Being close to the ocean and all the freshness that comes with it has always been a salve for our souls. We are pleased with "Apple Box Boy" and continue to get good feedback from "How Did You Find Me."

11/29/2010

It's always great fun to have readers write and compliment your words.

11/09/2010

My new book "Apple Box Boy" is selling well and kind words are being shared.

10/15/2010

Great fun with the new book "Apple Box Boy." Good feedback and reports of strong sales. It's such a pleasure to have folks read your stuff and like it. James

10/04/2010

Its here at last! The latest from author James Heintz - Apple Box Boy is a collection of stories about growing up in a small Washington town in the 1950's. Check it out: http://www.scribd.com/doc/37912319/Apple-Box-Boy

James was born in the mid-forties, towards the end of World War II. He has lived in the Northwestern part of the United States for all of his sixty-five years. Watching his grandchildren grow and l... by iUniverseBooks in autobiographyflorencevignettesgrowing upsmall townschildhood

09/14/2010

My new book "Apple Box Boy" is with the publisher and due to be released in several weeks. Watch for more information. James