Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees
    A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees
    A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees
    Ebook97 pages37 minutes

    A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees

    By Mike Haszto

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    "A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees" gives an expressive effort toward two locales that are dubbed paradise by the author/poet. With a descriptive charm, he captures the essence of Key West and Fire Island from differing perspectives, putting the readers there for a timely and playful visit through their imaginations. Beach wear is optional but suggested! Coppertone not included!


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJun 24, 2009
    ISBN9781467876001
    A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees
    Author

    Mike Haszto

    Mike Haszto will be turning sixty-two in this year of 2021. He still resides in North Ridgeville, Ohio, although this native of Islip, Long Island, New York still dreams of a house on the beach somewhere between the Outer Banks and Key West. A tent may have to do. Mike’s adventures still take him on journeys for childhood cancer through the Great Cycle Challenge. This will be Mike’s fourth year riding for the kids who should be living life and not fighting for it. You can donate at: www.greatcyclechallenge.com/Riders?MikeHaszto Each passage of time has taken him into various directions and hobbies…whether the radio industry, footgolf, golf, hockey, etc, but some things remain the same…his love of coaching hockey (31+ years), his love of writing (14 novels and 6 poetry books), his love of being a Parrothead (45+ years) and the escapism of the lifestyle and music of Jimmy Buffett, his intense obsessions with the New York Mets and Islanders, and his love of Joyce and family.

    Read more from Mike Haszto

    Related to A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees

    Related ebooks

    Poetry For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Matchu

      Mar 26, 2020

      Matchu
      2 min read

    • Article

      Endurance

      Nov 17, 2020

      Endurance
      7 min read

    • Article

      Lagavulin BAY

      May 10, 2023

      Lagavulin BAY
      6 min read

    • Article

      MEMORIES Are Made Of This…

      May 28, 2020

      MEMORIES Are Made Of This…
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Life Of Von Froth

      Nov 12, 2021

      The Life Of Von Froth
      5 min read

    • Article

      All Washed Up

      Nov 25, 2019

      I like washing up, I really do. I am not fanatical about it; it’s not as if I have set up a YouTube channel and dispense crockery and cutlery hygiene tips to the camera with my hands busily scrubbing away, forearms covered in suds. (Although as I wri

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Life Of Von Froth

      Nov 12, 2021

      The Life Of Von Froth
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Life Of Von Froth

      Nov 12, 2021

      The Life Of Von Froth
      5 min read

    • Article

      Take a trip DOWN MEMORY LANE

      Jun 11, 2020

      Take a trip DOWN MEMORY LANE
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Life Of Von Froth

      Nov 12, 2021

      The Life Of Von Froth
      5 min read

    • Article

      Mind Trip

      May 17, 2021

      Mind Trip
      5 min read

    • Article

      Taxi

      May 19, 2022

      Taxi
      4 min read

    • Article

      The End Of The World

      Sep 17, 2020

      The End Of The World
      3 min read

    • Article

      Itchy Feet-itis

      Jun 2, 2021

      Itchy Feet-itis
      9 min read

    • Article

      The HOLIDAY from HELL!

      Jul 27, 2023

      The HOLIDAY from HELL!
      4 min read

    • Article

      Mind Trip

      May 17, 2021

      Mind Trip
      5 min read

    • Article

      Mission Unknown

      Jul 26, 2023

      Mission Unknown
      3 min read

    • Article

      Brooke Barnes

      Feb 10, 2023

      Brooke Barnes
      3 min read

    • Article

      Old Haunts

      Apr 18, 2023

      Old Haunts
      3 min read

    • Article

      Duncan James

      Aug 31, 2018

      One of the happiest times in my life was when I travelled to Los Angeles with the band for the first time. I loved the sunshine, and positivity and friendliness of the people. I ended up living there for a few years. It was a special time as I fell i

      2 min read

    • Article

      Into the Unknown

      Oct 14, 2021

      Into the Unknown
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Call Of The Wild

      Dec 6, 2019

      The Call Of The Wild
      8 min read

    • Article

      Pinch-me MOMENTS

      Oct 3, 2021

      It’s week six of the lockdown here in Auckland and I was struggling to come up with anything to write about. I like these columns to be happy and cheery, and I hope to be able to turn little life moments into a story that might amuse you. But when yo

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Edge Of Reason

      Mar 2, 2023

      The Edge Of Reason
      3 min read

    • Article

      Older than Old

      Jan 17, 2022

      Older than Old
      3 min read

    • Article

      Vitamin C

      Oct 13, 2022

      Vitamin C
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees - Mike Haszto

      © 2009 Mike Haszto. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 6/18/2009

      ISBN: 978-1-4389-9157-3 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4678-7600-1 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2009906020

      Printed in the United States of America

      Bloomington, Indiana

      Foreword

      On this beautiful day in May 2009, I can’t help but vision the past ten days of vacation. Blessed with great friends and family, and with a sense of adventure, I celebrated my fiftieth birthday living a dream come true.

      A surprise party brought together so many close friends in celebration and good times, as well as children who have scattered themselves in their adventures in life whether through career, college or both. It was truly incredible to sit and chat with everyone, telling stories of many years ago as well as the present. Reliving those memories were humbling, fun, usually ending with large amounts of belly laughter and red faces. It was just the start.

      It’s no secret I hold Key West, Long Island, palm trees, beach, ocean and anything associated with those visions of paradise in the highest regard. For nine days of vacation, I was able to live just that.

      Through my best friend, Kevin, we ventured down to Key West, attaining many firsts for an old guy like myself. Yes, I had the opportunities of being there several times, and loving each trip made. But there were so many things not experienced for whatever reasons previously, and I felt like a child in a candy store as the smallest plane I’ve ever ridden in was ready to touch down at Key West International Airport. Okay, so with my being afraid of flying and claustrophobic, this twin propeller, nineteen seat plane finally made me at ease with my nerves and phobias just as we were to set down on this tropical island that I had never seen from the sky. Awesome were the views from above.

      For lack of a better word, awesome now has become the designated word for this Foreword.

      The views were awesome. The flight in our miniature plane was highlighted by the sight of the Endeavor space craft and its liftoff. Awesome. Okay, so from the western side of Florida it looked more like a fireworks rocket going up, but work with me here. The vision of knowing what it was…was…well…awesome. Hitting every slight bit of turbulence and feeling my insides twist was not exactly awesome, but there must be sacrifices made to attain a status of ‘awesome’ I believe.

      Key West was everything I remember and more. Eighty five degrees and sunny. Awesome. Palm trees everywhere. Awesome.

      Smather’s Beach. Awesome. Old Towne Duval Street. Awesome.

      We walked the island so many times over, and also got scooters two days, another first. Awesome. A round of golf at the Key West Golf Club…where there were as many huge lizards and baby ducks as our shot count. Truly awesome. A jet ski tour that was ninety plus minutes of nerve racking paradise and adventure…again, a first and…awesome. Well, until my jet ski died on me in four to six foot waves in the Atlantic, but it was alls well in the end. I definitely wouldn’t trade in the experience for anything else! Two hours on the radio doing a remote with WIIS FM (Island 107) was indeed awesome as well…with some ideas being generated for the third installment of my

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1